Managing Natural Hazards and Climate Risks in Elections in the Americas Workshop
This online workshop, hosted by King’s College London, and co-sponsored by International IDEA, brings together experts on natural hazards and elections to discuss how electoral practitioners can protect elections from the adverse consequences of events such as tropical storms, floods, wildfires and heatwaves.
Panellists will include contributors to International IDEA’s recently published book Managing Natural Hazards and Climate Risks in Elections.
Managing Natural Hazards and Climate Risks in Elections in the Americas Workshop
9 September 2026
22.00-23.30 CEST
Speakers:
- Irma Mendez de Hoyos (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) Mexico), ‘Heatwaves and the 2024 general elections in Mexico’
- Rafael Arias Valverde (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales), ‘Managing Elections to Withstand Natural Hazards in Peru’
- Madeleine Harty (Associate, Democracy Communications Collaborative), ‘Weathering the Storm: Hurricane Sandy and the 2012 US Federal Election
- Valere Gaspard (University of Ottawa), ‘The Impact of the 2023 Wildfires on Subnational Elections in Canada’
Commentators:
- Annika Silva-Leander (UN Permanent Observer at International IDEA)
- Saskia Carusi (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Americas and the Caribbean)
Chairs:
- Erik Asplund (International IDEA)
- Ferran Martínez i Coma (Griffith University)
- Sarah Birch (King’s College London)
Please note the time zones:
13.00-14.00 Pacific Daylight Time
14.00-15.30 Central Time
15.00-16.30 Eastern Standard Time
16.00-17.30 Eastern Daylight Time
21.00-22.30 British Summer Time
22.00-23.30 Central European Summer Time
