Mechanisms of desertification and natural disasters: the objective is to understand the mechanisms of desertification and natural disasters (such as those caused by seismic and volcanic activity), including their links with climatic change so as to improve risk and impact assessment and forecasting, and decision support methodologies.
Mehanizmi dezertifikacije in naravnih nesreč: cilj je razumevanje mehanizmov dezertifikacije in naravnih nesreč (kot so tiste, ki jih povzroči seizmična in vulkanska dejavnost), vključno z njihovo povezanostjo s podnebnimi spremembami, tako da bi izboljšali ocenjevanje in napovedovanje tveganja in udara ter podpornih metodologij odločanja.