NH – Natural Hazards

Programme Group Chair: Heidi Kreibich

Inter- and transdisciplinary sessions led by NH

Session short summary:
This session examines how concurrent, sequential, spatially connected, and preconditioned weather and climate hazards affect human societies. It welcomes interdisciplinary research on health, livelihoods, food and water security, mobility, infrastructure, inequality, and risk reduction, using empirical, modelling, qualitative, participatory, or mixed methods.
Keywords: Climate change - societal impact, Climate extremes, Compound events, Human health, Weather extreme events
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CL | Climate: Past, Present & Future
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Session short summary:
Exploring how science parks, innovation ecosystems, AI, and cross-sector collaboration accelerate green and digital transitions for sustainable environmental and territorial development.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Ecosystem research, Environmental changes (Environmental variability), Multi-hazard (management, assessments, models)
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GM | Geomorphology
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Disciplinary sessions of NH

NH1 –  Hydro-Meteorological Hazards

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officer: Cristina Prieto

NH2 –  Volcanic Hazards

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officer: Andrea Di Muro

NH3 –  Landslide and Snow Avalanche Hazards

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officer: Neelima Satyam

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Session short summary:
Debris flows pose major risks to people and infrastructure in mountainous and volcanic regions. This session invites contributions on field studies, experiments, modelling, monitoring, and risk assessment, with a focus on improving observations, understanding impacts of climate change, and harnessing physics-based simulations and AI for hazard prediction and mitigation.
Keywords: Landslide dynamics, Landslide hazard (Landslide risk), Numerical modelling - mechanical, Risk/hazard Assessment (identification, Analysis and Evaluation) , Risk/hazard scenarios modeling and forecasting
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GM3 | Geomorphology, extreme events, and hazards
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Session short summary:
This session revolves around methodologies and state-of-the-art approaches in landslide prediction, encompassing aspects like location, timing, magnitude, and the impact of single and multiple slope failures. It spans a range of landslide variations, from abrupt rockfalls to rapid debris flows, and slow-moving slides to sudden rock avalanches.
Keywords: Anthropogenic hazard, Hillslope geomorphology, Landslide dynamics, Landslide hazard (Landslide risk), Risk/hazard Assessment (identification, Analysis and Evaluation)
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GM3 | Geomorphology, extreme events, and hazards
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Session short summary:
This session aims to bridge process-based physical understanding and data-driven prediction in landslide and multi-hazard assessment. We invite contributions on multi-scale frameworks (slope to catchment), geomechanics-based spatial analysis, explainable AI, physics-informed ML, process chain assessments, and uncertainty propagation.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Compound events, Landslide hazard (Landslide risk), Machine Learning, Model uncertainty
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GM3 | Geomorphology, extreme events, and hazards
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NH4 –  Earthquake Hazards

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officer: Ioanna Triantafyllou

NH5 –  Sea & Ocean Hazards

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officer: Naveen Ragu Ramalingam

NH6 –  Remote Sensing, AI, data science & Hazards

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officer: Kasra Rafiezadeh Shahi

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Session short summary:
SAR remote sensing is an invaluable tool for monitoring and responding to natural and human-induced hazards. This session welcomes contributions on algorithm development for SAR data processing, multimodal remote sensing, geospatial big data analytics, and machine learning, SAR applications for natural and human-induced hazards, mathematical and physical modeling, and data interpretation.
Keywords: Anthropogenic hazard, InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar), Monitoring and diagnostics
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NH7 –  Wildfire Hazards

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officer: Andrea Trucchia

NH8 –  Environmental, Biological & Natech Hazards

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officer: Jasmine Rita Petriglieri

NH9 –  Natural Hazards & Society

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officer: Dominik Paprotny

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Session short summary:
This session provides an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners to share cutting-edge research and practical insights, highlighting diverse approaches to understanding and reducing urban risk.
Keywords: Multi-hazard (management, assessments, models), Risk Mitigation, Risk management, Risk/hazard Assessment (identification, Analysis and Evaluation) , Risk/hazard scenarios modeling and forecasting
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GS6 | Geoscience, Risk & Decision-Making
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NH10 –  Multi-Hazards

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officer: Silvia De Angeli

NH11 –  Climate Hazards

Sub-Programme Group Scientific Officer: Steven Hardiman