Invitation to the 6th World Landslide Forum (WLF6)

The 6th World Landslide Forum (WLF6) will be held in Florence from 14 to 17 November 2023. Previous editions have been held every three years in Tokyo (2008), Rome (2011), Beijing (2014), Ljubljana (2017), and Kyoto (2020/21). The World Landslide Forum is the main event organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) under the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) with the support of five UN organizations (UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNDRR, UNU) and two global stakeholders in Science and Technologies (ISC and WFEO). In particular, the WLF6 will be organized in Florence (Italy) by the ICL, the IPL Global Promotion Committee, and the UNESCO Chair on the Prevention and Sustainable Management of Geo-Hydrological Hazards of the University of Florence. The WLF6 is dedicated to Landslide Science for Sustainable Development as a contribution to the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 for the global promotion of understanding and reducing landslide disaster risk, for the implementation of the UN Sendai Framework, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the New Urban Agenda, and the Paris Climate Agreement. The WLF6 intends to promote a fruitful cooperation among landslide researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to define shared priority actions for landslide risk reduction on a global scale, through interdisciplinarity and open discussion. The Forum is addressed to research and academic institutions, UN organizations and agencies, national governments and local authorities, and non-governmental organizations with interest and activities in disaster risk reduction, international and national civil protection and disaster relief agencies and institutions, private sector involved in research, development, and practical applications of technologies and solutions in the field of landslide risk reduction. The WLF6 will address key aspects related to landslides, such as risk reduction policies, monitoring and early warning, testing, and modeling, risk and hazard assessment, mitigation techniques, landslide triggering mechanisms, and climate change.