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GRF Davos at the WEF 2010

From Thursday, 28th January to Saturday 30th January 2010 GRF Davos invited to 3 great films showing the devastating effects of human activities on the earth. Subsequent  to the screenings GRF had invited several experts to a panel discussion, including Claudio Lardi, Governor of the Canton of Grisons, David Syz,  former statesecretary for economic affairs and producer of the film "Beyond a dollar a day", Reto Dürst, Landrat of the Community of Davos and other experts and political representatives.

See impressions, videos and pictures of the events here.

Haiti Earthquake: Personal Message from the GRF President

The GRF Davos team is deeply grieving for the victims of the horrible earthquake which hit Haiti on Jan. 12 at 4.53 pm and offers the Haitian people all its warm condolence.  Several tens of thousands of people are estimated dead or missing, and further tens of thousands have been injured. Public infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, roads and bridges, and government buildings have collapsed as well as private housing. As a result standing hospitals are overwhelmed with victims, and tens of thousands are left homeless.

What you can do ?

The victims of this disaster need your support today. If you want to help, you can find links to documents and web pages which offer further information here. We encourage you to contribute to this list and upload further material. As the number of injured survivors grows and the needs mount, you can directly help providing immediate lifesaving services to especially women, children and elderly. We have linked some organisations where you can donate.

GRF participates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen

   >>>GRF's daily reports here

Delegates from over 190 countries started the negotiations at the UN-Climate Change conference this Monday in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference aims besides commitments to cut emissions as a major aspect of the negotiations also on the financing of mitigation and adaptation to climate change in developing countries.

Of course the Global Risk Forum GRF Davos is also participating the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Project Manager Marc Stal is reporting live from Copenhagen from 9 Dec to 17 Dec. Follow him on or read his daily reports on our website. >>>read report here

Visit of the Earthquake Administration of the Sichuan Province, China

2 – 6 November 2009

Under the leadership of its Director WU Yaoqiang, a delegation of the Earthquake Administration of the Sechuan Province has visited a number of institutions in Switzerland. GRF Davos has been asked to organize the delegation’s visit to Switzerland.>>>read more

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The European Commission,and the Global Risk Forum GRF Davos,have signed an MoU to provide customer driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development implementation and monitoring of European Union policies.  >>> more information

A new study on "Addressing the Challenge: Recommendations and Quality Criteria for Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change" was published by DKKV. The publication emphasizes the importance of adaptation to climate change in respect to the expected rise of extreme weather events. >>> more information