Advanced Technologies for Landslides (WCoE 2017–2020)

The UNESCO Chair on Prevention and Sustainable Management of Geo-Hydrological Hazards, Department of earth Sciences, University of Florence has been a member of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) since 2002 and was designated as one of World Centres of Excellence (WCoE) for Landslide Risk Reduction four times for 2008–2011, 2011–2014, 2014–2017 and 2017–2020 with a project entitled “Advanced technologies for Landslides”. In this paper we describe the activities carried out by the UNESCO Chair as a member of ICL and as WCoE and its contribution to the risk reduction policies promoted by the 2020 Kyoto Commitment.