Mitigation | Advocacy | Education
Global Volcano Risk Alliance
We're dedicated to mitigating the risk from globally impactful eruptions, through international monitoring, preparedness and advocacy for early action.
Volcanoes pose globally catastrophic threats to society through their multi-hazard impacts that can alter the Earth's climate and disrupt our global critical systems. The direct and indirect impacts threaten the lives of hundreds of millions of people and anthropogenic climate change intensifies this risk.
Despite this, there is no international body to help respond and to coordinate monitoring and early warning and preparedness. This means:
Only 30% of the world's volcanoes are monitored, managed by each individual country, but eruptions and their cascading impacts are not restricted by borders.
We don't know which volcanoes are capable of producing large eruptions
Local and international communities are unprepared for eruptions i.e. their ability to evacuate, respond to humanitarian crises and potential cascading impacts on food, water & energy.
Global Volcano Risk Alliance plans to change this
The goal of this charity is to support governments, humanitarian organisations, volcano observatories, communities and academics to become more resilient and prepared for hazardous eruptions
Focus Areas
Our Activities focus on four pillars for the volcanoes and volcanic regions that pose the greatest threat globally
Pinpointing the risks
Monitoring
Preparedness
Advocacy
