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UNESCO celebrates its 75th Anniversary on November 16, 2020.

UNESCO celebrates its 75th Anniversary on November 16, 2020.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 15, 2020 | Water-related News

Please, visit the UNESCO home page. UN75 Report “The Future We Want – The United Nations We Need” is available here in pdf.

Paper published in Water on “Impact of the Mean Daily Air Temperature Calculation on the Rainfall-Runoff Modelling”.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 15, 2020 | Publications

Link to a published open-access paper in journal Water, 2020, vol. 12(11), 3175, https://doi.org/10.3390/w12113175 Open access publication, pdf is available here.

Proposal for a new COST Action “Land use/cover changes from 19th century and their impact on the environment” submitted.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 13, 2020 | Water-related News

The proposal was submitted to the COST Open Call Collection OC-2020-1. The Main Proposer is Dr. Panecki of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Let’s cross fingers till May 2021.

Proposal for a new COST Action “Minimizing naturally and technologically induced geo-hazards” submitted.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 12, 2020 | Water-related News

The proposal was submitted to the COST Open Call Collection OC-2020-1. The Main Proposer is Professor Vinciguerra of University of Turin, Italy. Let’s cross fingers till May 2021.

Proposal for a new COST Action “Cascading Geohazard Models & Risk Awareness Raising in joint XR-environments” submitted.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 11, 2020 | Water-related News

The proposal was submitted to the COST Open Call Collection OC-2020-1. The Main Proposer is Professor Havenith of Liège Université, Belgium. Let’s cross fingers till May 2021.

World Centre of Excellence in Landslide Risk Reduction renewed for the period 2020-2023.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 7, 2020 | Water-related News

On November 2, 2020, during the 16th Session of the Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides (GPC/IPL) 19 new World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Disaster Reduction (WCoE) for the next period 2020-2023 were approved – among...

Vabilo na webinar “Mangartski plaz 20 let pozneje – kaj ve slovenska stroka danes o tovrstnih dogodkih, vzrokih zanje in o preventivnem delovanju”.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Nov 1, 2020 | Water-related News

Ob dvajsetletnici katastrofičnega dogodka, ko se je 17. novembra 2000 pri Mangartski Planini najprej sprožil zemeljski plaz in je kasneje drobirski tok tragično zaznamoval Log pod Mangartom in dobršen del Zgornjega Posočja, organizirajo Geološki zavod Slovenije,...

New COST Action “Cascading Geohazard Models & Risk Awareness Raising in joint XR-environments” in preparation.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Oct 29, 2020 | Water-related News

We are second proposer from Slovenia in a network proposing a new COST action on cascading geohazard models & risk awareness raising in joint Extended Reality (XR) technology (Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality) environments.

UNESCO WRDRR Chair renewed for the period 2020-2024.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Oct 17, 2020 | Water-related News

A kind letter to Professor Papič, the Rector of University of Ljubljana, received from the Section of Higher Education of the Education Sector of UNESCO confirmed that the UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction at University of Ljubljana was renewed for...
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 13 October, 2020.

International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 13 October, 2020.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | Oct 7, 2020 | Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

Held every 13 October, the day celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risks that they face. The 2020 edition continues as part of the “Sendai...
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  • UNESCO Venice Science in Action Newsletter Issue 1 published.
  • Dr Kuzmanić and Dr Mikoš contributed to a paper published in Infrastructures on “A Systematic Framework for Assessing the Temporally Variable Protective Capacity of Nature-Based Solutions Against Natural Hazards”.
  • Paper published in journal Hydrological Processes on “Assessment of Throughfall Drivers Under Pine Canopies Across Different Urban Climates”.
  • Paper published in journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology on “Quantification of vegetation and meteorological variables influencing the kinetic energy of raindrops”.
  • Dr Bezak and Dr Sodnik contributed to a paper published in Natural Hazards on “Impact of flexible net barriers on torrential processes under different hydrological conditions, including the extreme flood of August 2023 in Slovenia”.

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