Societal Problems → Hazards
Organizations relating to Hazards
European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group / Gorey, Ireland / Est. 1999
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
Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System / Paris, France / Est. 1965
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
European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists / Munich, Germany / Est. 1973
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
Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative for South-Eastern Europe / Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina / Est. 2000
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
View all profiles (250 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations
World Problems relating to Hazards
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialHealth hazards of environmental electromagnetism
Emissions from combustion engines
Genetic discrimination
Unsafe hazardous waste disposal
Dangers of using mobile telephones
Environmental hazards of pesticides
Polychlorinated biphenyls as a health hazard
Marine dumping of wastes
Environmental hazards of empolderment of wetlands
Environmental hazards from transport systems
Environmental hazards of industrialization
Radioactive contamination
Crop vulnerability
Environmental hazards from metals
Health hazards of air pollution for plants
Hazardous remnants of war
Health hazards of passive smoking
Proliferation of information
Toxic waste smuggling
Unsafe genetically modified food
Hormone pollution
Health hazards of exposure to noise
Illicit discharge of dangerous substances
Inadequate protection from cold weather
Dangerous pet animals
Action Strategies relating to Hazards
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialProtecting against environmental hazards from transport systems
Protecting against health hazards in the metals industries
Protecting against environmental hazards from textile and clothing industries
Protecting against natural gas production environmental hazards
Protecting against environmental hazards from agricultural and pastoral activities
Protecting against environmental hazards from animals
Protecting against environmental hazards of new species introduction
Protecting against environmental hazards due to economic development
Providing rapid emergency response
Protecting against environmental hazards from chemicals and petrochemicals industries
Establishing a globally harmonized hazardous chemical classification system
Protecting against environmental hazards from industry
Monitoring exposure to hazards
Protecting against environmental hazards from food processing industries
Protecting against hazards to human health in the natural environment
Developing conventions on transboundary movement of hazardous waste
Protecting against environmental hazards of pharmaceutical products
Forecasting hazards
Protecting against environmental hazards of nuclear power production
Protecting against health hazards
Harmonizing transport of dangerous goods
Standardizing hazard communication terminology
Protecting against environmental hazards from manufacturing industries
Protecting against environmental hazards of empolderment of wetlands
Monitoring pollution hazards of industrial research
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