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News GEM News Briefs: Jan-Mar 2023 By: Apr 11, 2023 Share Facebook LinkedIn During this period, GEM scientists have also participated in various international virtual conferences and events on loss models, earthquake risk assessment, and global challenges in earthquake risk and catastrophe modelling. Here's a round-up of GEM's other notable activities over the past three months. GEM celebrates 14th year anniversary On March 9th, 2009, the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation was incorporated in Pavia, Italy as a non-profit organization, giving the Foundation a legal identity with a vision of a world that is resilient to #earthquakes (and other natural hazards). Over the past three years (from April 16, 2020 to April 17, 2023), public and private risk professionals, researchers and managers have downloaded a variety of free resources 8,427 times from the GEM website to better understand and mitigate earthquake risk. The list is topped by the Global Seismic Hazard map v2018.1 (1,124), the OpenQuake Engine (1,002) and the Global Seismic Risk map (492). Since GEM started tracking the downloads in 2019, visitors have downloaded various resources for a total of 12.6K. In celebration of GEM@14, here are the other most popular resources from our website and we’d like to invite you to download them from our products and publications at https://globalquakemodel.org/products and https://globalquakemodel.org/publications . NERC renews GEM sponsorship The United Kingdom through the National Environmental Research Council (NERC) has signed a new agreement as GEM Public Sponsor. NERC will continue to support GEM through 2025. Within the new sponsorship agreement, GEM’s engagement with the COMET project will also continue. The renewed partnership also brings GEM, COMET, the UK science community, as well as all those vulnerable to earthquakes globally to work together to achieve a common vision: earthquake resilience through the advancement of earthquake science. Towards New Frontiers of Earthquake Model Development – How collaboration helps manage earthquake risk across the world (Catrisk management and modelling summit held in London from March 7-9, 2023) Recently, GEM participated in the 10th Annual Cat Risk Management and Modelling Summit held in London. John Schneider of GEM and Goran Trendafiloski of Aon Impact Forecasting led the interactive roundtable discussion: Towards New Frontiers of Earthquake Model Development – How collaboration helps manage earthquake risk across the world. The discussion highlighted the collaboration between GEM, Aon Impact Forecasting and NRCan in developing a new model that combines the latest seismic hazard model for Canada, implemented by NRCan natively in GEM’s OpenQuake engine, with Impact Forecasting’s enhancements for secondary perils, including liquefaction, landslides, tsunami and fire following earthquake. Furthermore, the discussion also focused on the importance of building partnerships between public and private organizations to collaborate on the reduction of disaster risk worldwide. John and Andres Abarca, GEM Product Developer, also met current and prospective collaborators at the event and discussed GEM’s available earthquake data sets and risk models. NIED workshop on Japan earthquake hazard in Tohoku Marco Pagani and John Schneider (virtually) participated in the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) workshop on Japan earthquake hazard in Tohoku on February 10th, 2023 held in Tokyo, Japan. John presented an overview of GEM, its scientific and operational framework, earthquake models, databases and tools, and future programs. Marco presented GEM’s current efforts to update GEMs earthquake hazard mosaic of models, with a particular focus on GEM’s collaboration with NIED.. Following the workshop, John and Paul Henshaw, GEM Director of Technology and Development met a contingent from NIED in Pavia, Italy in March led by Hayashi Haruo who served as NIED President from April 2016 to March 2023. Hayashi-san expressed confidence in NIED’s commitment to continuing its work with GEM as part of the strengthening international collaboration and shift toward multi-hazard risk assessment research. NIED recently submitted a 5-year proposal to the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) for the renewal of its science program, including sponsorship of GEM. A presentation on NIED and GEM partnership by Dr. Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Director-General of Research Center for Reinforcement of Resilient Function at the Tohoku hazard workshop. GEM and Swiss Re collaboration to build a Global EarthquakE ScEnario database or GEESE The project supported by SwissRe aims at building a database containing the information required to perform a scenario hazard and risk analysis for every earthquake included in the ISC-GEM catalog (the acronym used for this database is GEESE which stands for Global EarthquakE ScEnario). This semester we started compiling the information and the tools required to build the database. This includes tools for automatically retrieving information from the USGS Shakemap database and for uploading this information into a dedicated database. GEM Earthquake Consequences Database The GEM Risk team developed an Earthquake Consequences Database, which contains a wealth of information on several recent earthquakes, both in terms of the geophysical descriptions of the earthquake and its effects on the human environment. The GEM Hazard team created tools for this purpose to parse and display ruptures suitable for modeling in OpenQuake from data created by external sources (such as the USGS). The database will be launched in June. Asian Development Bank – Mongolia project As part of a project with Willis Towers Watson (WTW) on “Strengthening Capacity on Disaster Risk Assessment, Reduction, and Transfer Instruments in Mongolia”, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Risk Team significantly improved the exposure model for Mongolia. The residential exposure is now based on the latest population and housing census of Mongolia, undertaken in 2020. The housing census provides information about the different types of housing, wall and roofing materials, the age profile of the housing stock and its current condition. The primary data source for modelling the commercial and industrial exposure was the 2016 establishment census of Mongolia, supplemented by updated establishment counts for the year 2020 per economic activity type, by region, aimag (provinces), soum (secondary subdivision) and the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. Global Resilience Index Initiative (GRII) Within the framework of the Global Resilience Index Initiative (GRII), GEM developed global maps of populations exposed to earthquakes and coastal/riverine floods. These maps have been integrated into the Global Systemic Risk Assessment Tool (G-SRAT), which is the data and analytics portal for the GRII, and launched at the COP-27 conference last November. You can access G-SRAT portal and the various datasets here: https://global.infrastructureresilience.org/ Global vulnerability database GEM created a dedicated website to host the documentation for the global vulnerability model. The documentation is accessible through the URL https://docs.openquake.org/vulnerability and is currently subdivided into six main chapters covering the multiple stages of vulnerability modelling. With this development, the plan is to improve the transparency of this component and ensure our partners comprehend how the vulnerability functions were developed. No images found. GALLERY 1/2 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News TREQ project trains participants online from Costa Rica, Ecuador and Colombia on Assessment of Damages and Losses using Seismic Scenarios By: Jul 26, 2020 Share Facebook LinkedIn OpenQuake Engine online training, TREQ Project The TREQ project team successfully conducted online OpenQuake training workshops. The training comprises two modules: one for ground motion generation, one for assessment of damage and losses, with a total duration of six hours. Around 100 participants from Dominican Republic; Costa Rica; Quito, Ecuador; México; and Colombia have participated. The online training was led by GEM’s Catalina Yepes and Alejandro Calderon, and EAFIT’s professors Ana Beatriz Acevedo and Daniela Gonzales. The workshops held during the last two months helped to identify and adjust online tools required to teach OpenQuake remotely and maintain active collaborations on the project despite the ongoing pandemic. The results have now been used to design and customize upcoming OpenQuake training for a wider audience, including students, professors and government officials in Latin America. The TREQ project, funded by USAID OFDA aims to improve GEM tools and resources for urban risk assessment, together with improvements for capacity and training. Additional online activities are being organised to facilitate and train educators in the use of the GEM tools for earthquake risk assessment. No images found. GALLERY 1/4 Gallery VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News News Briefs: GEM activities from March-May 2019 By: May 23, 2019 Share Facebook LinkedIn Mauro Dolce, GEM Governing Board Chairperson during one of the strategic planning exercises. Photo credit: GEM A round-up of GEM's other notable activities during the past three months. GEM Strategic Planning meeting GEM organized a 2-day strategic planning meeting to develop an integrated strategy and vision for a sustainable, resilient GEM from the present to 2030. GEM staff and members of the GEM Sustainability Committee participated in the meeting held at CAR College, Pavia, Italy from 29-30 April. Members of the GRAF Expert Group also joined as advisors. The strategic planning meeting was facilitated by Laura Lee, Architect, Integrated Strategic/Systems Design. European Geosciences Union Meeting 2019 GEM’s Hazard Coordinator, Marco Pagani recently participated in the EGU General Assembly that took place in Vienna, Austria last April. The event drew more than 16,000 scientists from 113 countries and featured 5,531 oral, 9,432 poster, and 1,287 PICO presentations as well as almost 700 unique scientific sessions together with 87 short courses and 338 side events. GEM participates in this yearly event to keep abreast of the latest development and advancements in European geoscience. Other activities: Vitor Silva's participation at SERA workshop and meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland; Marco Pagani's presentation of GEM at Willis Towers Watson in London; Richard Styron's presentation of GEM at the Seismological Society of America conference in Seattle, Washington, USA; and John Schneider's meeting with Professor Tso-Chien Pan from the Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management-NTU Singapore. NTU has rejoined GEM Governing Board this year after a brief hiatus. No images found. GALLERY GEM Strategic Planning GEM Strategic Planning GEM-NTU Singapore Meeting 2019 GEM Strategic Planning 1/9 GEM activity photos March-May 2019 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News Resilience is in our hand By: Jul 2, 2018 Share Facebook LinkedIn In 2009 you wrote Peace of mind in earthquake country (together with Peter Yanev), which is considered “the bible about earthquake risks”. Why do you think it was so well received by the non-expert public? And based on that experience, how communication should change in order to facilitate a global “understanding of risk” (as suggested in the recent Sendai Framework 2015)? We wrote the book for non-technical people, following the lead from Peter’s 1974 First Edition. We tried to demystify earthquake engineering and make it tangible for everyone. The key is that there are really simple things that can be done to reduce risk, and we wanted to get that message across. In my mind, the key to achieving a ‘global understanding of risk’ is to use consistent simple language across industries, from policy to insurance to engineering – GEM could be a leader in establishing this common terminology. Often developing countries are lagging behind in the process of making their environment safer. To which extent are innovation, sustainability, and open source technology keywords to empower resilience in the most vulnerable regions? Risk for developing countries is usually understood and communicated at the regional level, rather than at the building-specific level. We have to get knowledge about individual risks into the hands of people that can do something about it. Regional planning and policy can only go so far. This is a great opportunity for GEM. Through technology and open source tools we are now better able to capture and communicate site-specific information, empowering the owners of that risk. This will drive resilience which will drive sustainability – what is the carbon footprint of a major earthquake? The positive cycle of encouraging insurance coverage for buildings in order to spread the risk and make premiums more affordable often disregards incentives to take measures for loss prevention. How do you think insurance schemes should address the issue of prevention?This touches on one of the greatest opportunities in earthquake risk reduction. Earthquake insurance is generally priced on the mean, with significant cross-subsidization. The good risks pay for the bad, and there is little incentive for improvement at the building level. (If home prices were based on the neighborhood mean, the incentives to put in that new kitchen would certainly change!). Again, this is a great opportunity for GEM. If we can connect risk at the building scale to portfolio exposure and therefore insurance pricing, we can create financial incentives for resilience. Retrofitting costs are unaffordable in many countries of the world. Which can be the solution for this problem? Can open data in some way ease this process?Open data, at the building-level scale, will empower people to do something. Data on the overall risk at the regional level helps, but we really need to find a way to inform people as to their risk, not the average risk profile for their city. Business continuity is crucial in the post-earthquake phase and securing your buildings and installations is critical. Can you give me a measure of the cost-benefit ratio of retrofitting a working environment? The opportunity here is to balance business continuity costs with insurance and real estate costs. It makes no sense to view these disciplines in isolation, although this is often the case. Business continuity and insurance costs should reflect more resilient construction and this reduction in costs should incentivize better real estate standards. Looking at these disciplines together, I have rarely seen payback periods greater than 3 years for major retrofit or resilient design enhancements. How do you think private sector, and specifically engineering companies like ARUP, can play a role in risk reduction? Engineering companies typically understand risk at the building-scale. Modeling and insurance companies typically understand risk at the portfolio scale. Engineers need to get better at portfolio analysis to have greater impact (and insurers need to get better at building analysis) and Arup is heading in that direction. In 2013 ARUP was the first engineering firm to join GEM. Can you make a round-up of the past 2 years of collaboration?It has been a fantastic opportunity for Arup to be a supporter of GEM, and for me personally to be involved in such an important effort. What I mentioned in 2013 still holds, “by combining our global engineering expertise with seismological and financial aspects of the model, we will help quantify the benefits of risk mitigation, help create financial incentives for earthquake resiliency and thus save lives”. How can the engineering sector benefit from open source software like the OpenQuake-Engine or specific tools destined to structural assessment, retrofitting and reconstruction?GEM can help the engineering sector perform portfolio analysis based on their detailed understanding of earthquake risk at the building scale. This will incentivize risk-differentiated insurance pricing, which will incentive resilience. Andrew Thompson ran the Global Catastrophe Risk & Insurance practice at Arup, and represented Arup on the governing board of GEM from 2013 - 2015. He recently left Arup to start a technology company that quantifies earthquake risk at the building scale to help insurers better manage their portfolio exposure. Andrew holds a master’s degree in structural engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News COP27: Launch of GRII Demonstrator By: Dec 6, 2022 Share Facebook LinkedIn The Global Resilience Index Initiative (GRII) launched a Demonstrator at COP27. The launch of the Demonstrator aimed to provide the initial set of people, planet, and prosperity indices to guide financial decisions to scale up adaptation. At COP27, the GRII also called on innovators and data providers worldwide to support the scaling and improvement of this initiative, as well as engagement from more pathfinder institutions and governments. The Initiative noted that the availability of scientific and reliable data is the foundation of building resilience and that climate risk indices must not only be made available but accessible as well to financial systems and economies. Launched in COP26, GRII is a global public-private partnership to address the climate data emergency with consistent, accessible, and reliable risk information for use by governments, the financial sector, and wider communities. It draws upon significant cross-sector risk modelling experience, including public-private partnerships between governments, academia, insurance, and engineering. The GRII founding partners include: Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI) Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI) Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation Insurance Development Forum (IDF) United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) For more information please visit: www.globalresilienceindex.org . No images found. GALLERY 1/0 Gallery VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News UK/NERC and GEM renew partnership By: Jan 23, 2021 Share Facebook LinkedIn The United Kingdom through the National Environmental Research Council (NERC) has signed a new agreement as GEM Public Sponsor. NERC will continue to support GEM through 2023. Within the new sponsorship agreement, a formal GEM engagement with the COMET project has also been outlined. The renewed partnership also brings GEM, COMET, the UK science community, as well as all those vulnerable to earthquakes globally to work together to achieve a common vision: earthquake resilience through the advancement of earthquake science. Prof. Iain Stewart will represent NERC replacing Dr. John Rees who stepped down from his role at UK Research and Innovation (of which NERC is a component) last year to take up his current Chief Scientist position at the British Geological Survey. Dr. Rees has championed and provided various support to GEM, particularly as a member of GEM’s Sustainability Committee. John Rees has also worked closely with GEM as part of the UNDRR Global Risk Assessment Framework expert group where he and John Schneider have co-chaired the Mapping and Gap Analysis committee. John will be sorely missed, but he has promised to continue to work with GEM in the development of strategic directions. “I have been, and remain, a great supporter of GEM – which has been outstanding in the development and supply of cutting-edge tools to tackle earthquake risk. In so many ways, it leads the world in the provision of natural hazard analytics. It will come as no surprise to many of you to know that I feel it has enormous value in multi-hazard risk analysis – beyond earthquakes - and I hope engagement here remains a broader strategic objective.” - Dr. John Rees, Chief Scientist, British Geological Survey. Prof. Stewart’s wide-roving, science communication focus will enhance GEM’s strategic direction in promoting GEM’s scientific products and services not just to the wider science community but to various levels of DRR agencies and practitioners as well. He is a geologist, UNESCO Chair in Geoscience and Society, and has just begun a new role as the Jordan-UK El Hassan bin Talal Research Chair in Sustainability (EHRCS). He will maintain ties with the University of Plymouth, where he has been Professor of Science Communication and is also a member of the Scientific Board of UNESCO's International Geoscience Programme. The new NERC sponsorship features a collaborative project with the Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET), which uses satellite and ground-based observations to develop geophysical models of earthquake and volcano hazards. COMET Director, Prof. Tim Wright of the University of Leeds, and his team will work closely with GEM in a three-year project to combine complex and detailed information about earthquake fault behaviour with GEM’s earthquake hazard modelling capability, with a focus on Central Asia. No images found. GALLERY 1/1 Gallery VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News GEM and Descartes Underwriting announce partnership aiming to revolutionize parametric approach to earthquake risk By: Nov 18, 2021 Share Facebook LinkedIn Photo credit: @rhidabels Unsplash.com By strengthening both organizations’ understanding of earthquake risk, the collaboration seeks to benefit the global earthquake risk management community while supporting fair and transparent parametric insurance structures Descartes’ experience from different specialized markets and expertise from its scientific team will aid model improvement and advance earthquake risk assessment at global, regional, and local levels 18 November, 2021 - Descartes Underwriting , the largest independent parametric insurance provider, has established a partnership with the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation , an international public-private partnership committed to the development of open-source hazard and risk assessment software, tools and data. The GEM Foundation also centers on the application of science to understanding and managing earthquake risk on a global scale. The collaboration aims to accelerate the ‘data to resilience’ continuum by leveraging the state-of-the-art technology behind Descartes’ parametric insurance solutions and GEM’s open, transparent and collaborative approach to earthquake risk analysis at the global, regional, national and local levels. Earthquakes, which made up only 8% of all disasters in the last 20 years, are the deadliest of all sudden disaster events. The peril constitutes one of the top causes of economic disruption and of disaster deaths due to building collapse. Exposure impacts and global ripple effects have been further aggravated in the past decade, where less than one-fifth of all earthquake losses globally were covered by insurance. The collaboration between GEM and Descartes Underwriting seeks to increase the uptake of earthquake insurance and reduce the protection gap in underserved sectors and regions of the world. The joint partnership also supports continued development of fair and transparent parametric insurance structures that ultimately reduce basis risk and bolster resilience for policyholders. “This partnership will provide a framework for both organizations to work together in developing high resolution and scientifically robust earthquake hazard and risk data to meet the needs of public and private sectors for customized and more affordable earthquake insurance products. Our combined efforts can also contribute to better earthquake risk understanding worldwide and better earthquake insurance coverage.” – John Schneider, GEM Secretary General. GEM’s array of earthquake hazard, exposure and vulnerability models as well as OpenQuake software tools can be used to simulate the seismic behavior of buildings, lifelines and critical facilities. In particular, it allows for the assessment of the probability of earthquakes occurring, and the consequent physical damage and economic loss, essential information for implementing a wide range of risk reduction and transfer mechanisms, including parametric insurance. “Partnering with GEM marks a milestone for both organizations and plays a critical role in providing the next generation of earthquake parametric insurance to clients worldwide. Through frictionless and transparent payouts following seismic events, our joint efforts will be instrumental in reducing the earthquake protection gap around the globe” - says Kevin Dedieu, Co-founder and Head of R&D, Descartes Underwriting. About Descartes Underwriting Offering a new generation of technology-driven parametric insurance, Descartes collaborates with brokers to protect their corporate and public sector clients against the full spectrum of natural catastrophe and extreme weather exposures, including earthquake. Descartes’ covers are uniquely designed to supplement gaps left by traditional insurance, providing cost-effective and fully transparent products that guarantee liquidity via swift and direct payout. Born out of the conviction that climate change calls for a revolutionary approach to insurance, Descartes is structured as an MGA backed by a panel of tier-one risk carriers and can provide $200M USD in capacity per policy. Headquartered in Paris, Descartes Underwriting provides parametric solutions to clients globally from its offices based in Singapore, Sydney, New York, Houston, and London. For more information, please visit www.descartesunderwriting.com . Media Contact: Meg Chaperon -Senior Product Marketing & PR Officer, Descartes Underwriting meg.chaperon@descartesunderwriting.com About GEM Foundation GEM was formed in 2009 as a non-profit foundation in Pavia, Italy, funded through a public-private sponsorship with the vision to create a world that is resilient to earthquakes. GEM is funded by public and private institutions globally, and is advised by many international organizations ( https://www.globalquakemodel.org/partners ). GEM is also recognized by the UN as an NGO, operating under UN guidelines for a humanitarian organization. GEM’s mission is to become one of the world’s most complete sources of risk resources and a globally accepted standard for earthquake risk assessment. Further, GEM aims to ensure that its products are applied broadly in disaster risk management/reduction and its services are available and accessible to public, private and academic institutions worldwide. 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OpenQuake Engine certified user page This is to certify that Atefe Darzi has successfully completed the requirements to become a Certified OpenQuake Engine User for Scenario Assessment demonstrating the required knowledge and skills as assessed by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation. GEM Foundation Secretary General Helen Crowley (signed) Date of Completion: Valid until: September 12, 2025 September 11, 2028

News Analytics matters: the bedrock of resilience - open source data, risk modelling measurement as a global public good By: Dec 13, 2021 Share Facebook LinkedIn John Schneider participated in the COP26 Resilience Hub Event: Analytics matters: the bedrock of resilience - open source data, risk modelling measurement as a global public good on November 8th . John shared GEM’s insights on where the provision of open source data can make the most impact to support global resilience and how this can be best delivered to stakeholders. John reiterated that the keys to GEM success to this day is remaining true to its guiding principles of collaboration, credibility, openness and public good. He added, “We believe strongly in thinking globally with respect to the science, the methodology and the tools, but very much acting locally sharing those methodologies, standards and tools and involving local experts to tailor solutions to their situation.” The event featured subject experts from across the public and private sectors, and discussed the state of the art and future of public and private sector physical climate risk modelling and data, including practical examples of how open data sources and models were being, or could be, used to improve climate risk and resilience. The event organized by Willis aimed to promote the benefits of public and private sector collaboration in the development and augmentation of data and models towards specific end user goals, including those aligned to increasing resilience against current and future climate risks at local, subnational, national and regional scales, whether through physical, social, financial or economic mechanisms, or in combination. Global Resilience Index Initiative (GRII) launched The Global Resilience Index Initiative, with GEM as a partner, was officially launched before the main session. The launch included presentations of case studies of practical uses of global physical hazard models as well as the importance of hazard, exposure and risk metrics and standards. This approach will enable consistent approaches to the integration of data and models at different scales, to inform and guide decision makers towards effective risk reduction strategies. Rowan Douglas, who heads the Climate & Resilience Hub at Willis Towers Watson and is the Chair of IDF Operating Committee and Ex-Officio Member of IDF Steering Committee, gave the launch statement and acknowledged the role of GEM and UNDRR’s GAR (Global Assessment Report) as the building blocks in the creation of GRII, saying that the initiative is not starting from scratch, but heavily leverages what GAR and GEM have already started. Rowan further added GEM’s significant contributions to the creation of GRII, emphasizing that GEM may be focused on earthquakes, but so much of its remaining work is the same with other perils such as the data on the built environment, human systems, fragility and vulnerability, that are important to physical climate risk resilience. Website: https://www.cgfi.ac.uk/global-resilience-index-initiative/ Press release: https://www.cgfi.ac.uk/2021/11/global-resilience-index-initiative-launched/ GRII Intro Video: https://youtu.be/NdJruGmEVw4 No images found. GALLERY 1/1 Gallery VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS