Population growth and expanding infrastructure mean the impacts of volcanic eruptions are expected to increase. Ongoing unrest or eruptive activity at Etna, Campi Flegrei, on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, and Tenerife, highlight the potential threats of eruptions in Europe and the need to strengthen volcanic risk reduction efforts on local to regional scales. Effective volcanic risk reduction requires robust risk assessment that integrates the multiple volcanic hazards, as well as the exposure and vulnerability of people and assets.
This session invites contributions that advance volcanic hazard/risk assessment and risk reduction, including eruption forecasting, probabilistic hazard assessment, multiple-hazard management, assessment of exposure and vulnerability, impact and loss modelling, volcanic damage and impact assessments, multi-hazard and cascading risk, dynamic and probabilistic risk assessment, and approaches for evaluating resilience. We particularly welcome submissions that address emerging challenges, exploring the multi-hazard nature of volcanic environments and its increasing interactions with the climate and other hazards, as well as quantifying the dynamic nature of exposure and vulnerability during crises, especially in spatially limited environments like volcanic islands. We welcome stakeholder engagement and community-based risk reduction approaches, including successful examples of communication and coordination among stakeholders and with at-risk communities, as well as approaches that strengthen resilience. Contributions exploring volcanic hazard and risk management and the translation of scientific understanding into actionable insights for preparedness, mitigation, response, and risk reduction are encouraged.
This session is co-sponsored by the IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Hazard and Risk (CVHR).