This photo shows the distribution of damage estimated by the convolutional neural network model for Mashiki town in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake (L) and Nishinomiya City in the 1995 Kobe earthquake (R). Hiroshima University researchers created a post-disaster damage assessment CNN model that does not need pre-disaster images to make an evaluation.

Mr. Amjad Abbashar, Chief of the UNDRR Africa Regional Office opened the webinar noting that, “UNDRR advocates for the empowerment of local governments and communities, as they are often the first line of response to disasters”. Through the Making Cities Resilient Campaign, UNDRR has been able to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework in coherence with the development agenda in collaboration with partners. “As we look beyond 2020, we seek to strengthen these partnerships to accelerate efforts towards the achievement of the 2030 targets”, Mr. Abbashar said. In addition, the Sendai Framework calls for a comprehensive approach to disaster risk reduction that is based on an all of society engagement that acknowledges the role of different stakeholders in the agenda.

Organized by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation of Thailand (MHESI), the International Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology under the Auspices of UNESCO（IKCEST）and the Thai Alumni Association of China’s Universities (TACU), the conference on new-energy vehicles investment opportunities in Thailand was held online on July 11, 2020. More than 3,000 audience from China and Thailand participated in the conference.

On the afternoon of July 9, 2020, Beijing time, the closed door meeting of Shanghai artificial intelligence strategy advisory expert committee with the theme of "AI2.0: Shanghai's Breakthrough and Contribution in the Post Epidemic Era" was successfully held.

UNESCO released the introduction video of "IKCEST Covid-19 prevention and Control column" on its official website and Youtube account on April 8. UNESCO Beijing Office further introduced the Column on UNESCO Wechat official account on May 20.