Societal Problems → Hazards
Organizations relating to Hazards
Institute of Caribbean Insurance Risk Managers / Petit Valley, Trinidad-Tobago / Est. 1995
European Centre of New Technologies for the Management of Natural and Technological Major Hazards / Moscow, Russia / Est. 1990
Joint Committee on Structural Safety / Aalborg, Denmark / Est. 1971
Secretariat of the Basel Convention / Geneva, Switzerland
Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System / Paris, France / Est. 2005
Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions / Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius / Est. 2005
United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1953
International Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association / Vancouver BC, Canada
Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas / Paris, France / Est. 2005
International Group for Wind-Related Disaster Risk Reduction / Shanghai, China / Est. 2009
Asian University Network of Environment and Disaster Risk Management
European Risk Forum
European Centre on Urban Risks / Lisbon, Portugal / Est. 1998
International Centre for Geohazards / Oslo, Norway
International Financial Risk Institute / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1984
HALO Trust / Thornhill, UK
Institute of Risk Management / London, UK / Est. 1986
European Interregional Scientific and Educational Centre on Major Risk Management / Yerevan, Armenia / Est. 1995
Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Evaluation and Prevention of Seismic Risk / Rabat, Morocco / Est. 1995
Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association, International / Longmont CO, USA / Est. 1962
Euro-Mediterranean Observatory on Risks Management / Montpellier, France
European Centre on Geodynamic Hazards of High Dams / Tbilisi, Georgia / Est. 1995
European Centre for Mitigation of Natural Risks / Chisinau, Moldova / Est. 1999
European Institute for Risk, Security and Communication Management / Bucharest, Romania / Est. 1995
Observatorio Sismológico del Sur Occidente / Cali, Colombia / Est. 1987
World Institute for Disaster Risk Management / Alexandria VA, USA
Asia Risk Management Institute / Singapore, Singapore / Est. 2003
Governance Risk Compliance Security International / Est. 2009
International Risk Management Institute / Dallas TX, USA / Est. 1978
International Institute for Disaster Risk Management / Manila, Philippines / Est. 1998
Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk / Cambridge, UK
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
Colloque international de prévention des risques professionnels du bâtiment et des travaux publics / Lisbon, Portugal
Convention Concerning Prevention and Control of Occupational Hazards Caused by Carcinogenic Substances and Agents / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1974
Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs, 1946 / Est. 1946
Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1998
Protocol Concerning Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution by Oil and other Harmful Substances in Case of Emergency / Jeddah, Saudi Arabia / Est. 1982
Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs, 1936 / Est. 1936
Protocol Concerning Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution by Oil and other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency / Safat, Kuwait / Est. 1978
Protocol Amending the European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail / Est. 1975
Cooperation Agreement on the Forecast, Prevention and Mitigation of Natural and Technological Disasters / Est. 1992
Protocol on Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the Black Sea Marine Environment by Oil and other Harmful Substances in Emergency Situations / Istanbul, Türkiye / Est. 1992
Convention Concerning Protection Against Hazards of Poisoning Arising from Benzene / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1971
Complementary Protocol to the Agreement on Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the Southeast Pacific by Oil and other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency / Est. 1983
Convention Concerning the Protection of Workers Against Occupational Hazards in the Working Environment Due to Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1977
Complementary Protocol to the Agreement on Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the Southeast Pacific by Hydrocarbons and other Harmful Substances / Quito, Ecuador / Est. 1983
Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Caused During Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail and Inland Navigation Vessels / Est. 1989
Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal / Est. 1999
Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous Wastes and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific / Est. 1995
European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways / Est. 2000
View all profiles (253 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations
World Problems relating to Hazards
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialUnethical practices relating to development
Wildlife pollution hazard
Undesirable advances in science and technology
Inadequate motorcycle control
Reckless all-terrain vehicle drivers
Ransom
Harmful traditional health practices
Insufficient farm experiments
High risk technologies
Health hazards of passive smoking
Unsafe genetically modified food
Hormone pollution
Proliferation of information
Environmental hazards of pesticides
Toxic waste smuggling
Genetic discrimination
Unsafe hazardous waste disposal
Emissions from combustion engines
Environmental hazards of industrialization
Polychlorinated biphenyls as a health hazard
Hazardous remnants of war
Dangers of using mobile telephones
Health hazards of exposure to noise
Environmental health hazards to children
Radioactive contamination
Action Strategies relating to Hazards
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialEndangering
Informing about transmission of AIDS by breastfeeding
Promoting safety for older people at home
Campaigning against hazardous waste disposal
Monitoring risk management systems
Substituting for harmful products
Reducing occupational risk in the mining industry
Publishing materials about adolescent sexuality
Planning for the unexpected
Disposing of hazardous waste
Reducing discharges of dangerous synthetic organic compounds to the marine environment
Assessing risk
Protesting industrial pollution
Promoting adolescent reproductive health awareness
Compiling directory of endangered species
Monitoring exposure to hazards
Harmonizing transport of dangerous goods
Using cost-benefit analysis
Overcoming barriers to waste trade
Campaigning against the export of toxic materials
Protecting sexual and reproductive health
Strengthening capacity to control communicable diseases
Developing drought preparedness for environmental refugees
Using vaccines to prevent communicable diseases
Exchanging information on safe handling and risk management for biotechnology
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