Summary of The Third International Workshop for Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service

The Third International Workshop for Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service was held on 13 and 14 December 2019, in Beijing, China. Organized by the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGSNRR, CAS), the workshop was co-hosted by the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology under the Auspices of UNESCO (IKCEST) and Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards Risk Reduction, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO DRR). Mr. SONG Dexiong, Director-General of the Department of General Administration of Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and the executive deputy director of IKCEST; Mr. Philippe PYPAERT, programme specialist for Natural Sciences, UNESCO Office in Beijing; Prof. SUN Jiulin, CAE Member; Prof. CUI Peng, CAS Member; Dr. LIU Chang, Deputy Director of the Division of Information Infrastructure & Resources, General Administration Department of CAE, and the director of Division of International Cooperation, IKCEST; Ms. FENG Kai, Deputy Director of the Division of International Organization, Bureau of International Cooperation, CAS; Prof. GAO Xing, Deputy Director of IGSNRR, CAS; Ms. Gretchen Kalonji, former Assistant Director-General of UNESCO and the dean of the Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University-Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Mr. HAN Qunli, Executive Director of the International Project Office of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR); and Dr. Oyunsanaa BY AMBASUREN, Director General, Department of Forest Policy and Coordination, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia, participated in the workshop. Nearly 80 experts and scholars from 8 countries, including China, the United States, Japan, Germany, Russia, and the Disaster Risk Reduction Knowledge Service (DRRKS) project team attended the workshop. The workshop was broadcast online to the world on the Zhiling live platform, and more than 13000 users watched it.