The short-term consequences of climate change and its impending risk has catastrophic and wide-ranging implications on society. While the world is preparing to mitigate the effects of climate change and adapt for a safer future, the twenty-first century faced the unprecedented impact of a biological disaster. With the concerted efforts of global communities, the risk of a global pandemic seems to be fading. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction calls for dedicated actions to tackle disaster risk drivers including pandemic.

The “2nd International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development” organized by the Asian Institute of Technology brings together discussion on various dimensions of higher education systems in the Asia-Pacific region with a focus on Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development. The International Symposium will focus on various dimensions of existing and future risk scenarios and concerted efforts of the scientific communities to find new adaptation methods.

The international symposium will be organized from 24 -25 June 2021 in hybrid mode. The program will include keynote speeches, panel discussions, technical sessions, poster presentations, and academic exhibitions. The Symposium is one of the initiatives of ProSPER.Net project “Disaster Education for integrating SFDRR and SDG in Asia” lead by the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand along with the partner universities in the Asia Pacific Region.