key: cord-0858955-ljnixill authors: Sassa, Kyoji title: The Fifth World Landslide Forum and progress of the open access book series for Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 date: 2022-01-05 journal: Landslides DOI: 10.1007/s10346-021-01820-4 sha: 34281ebd42c5528f224058de62504e70ddaead21 doc_id: 858955 cord_uid: ljnixill nan is the group photo of the onsite participants at the end of high-level panel discussion "Review of KLC2020 and the way forward." Table 1 presents the number of all participants (onsite, online, and pre-recorded) in WLF5 with a total of 525 persons from 46 countries/regions, three global scientific organizations (IUGG, IUGS, and WFEO), and five United Nations Organizations (FAO, UNDRR, UNESCO, UNU, and WMO). The maximum number of participants are from Japan was 215. Due to COVID-19, no person from foreign countries/regions attended WLF5 in Kyoto, Japan. The large number of participants from other countries/regions is 47 from Italy, 45 from China, 21 from USA, 16 from Czech Republic, and 10 from UK, India, Indonesia, and Chinese Taipei. The number of onsite participants from Japan was 154. WLF5 started with an Opening Address from the primary organizer. The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction addressed greetings to WLF5 attendees. The Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO), Assistant Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNE-SCO), and the President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) extended the greetings as the ICL supporting organizations. President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) and President of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) presented their supporting greetings to ICL and WLF5. Those greetings are planned to be published in the founding issue of the open access book series "Progress in Landslide Research and Technology" in 2022. Welcome messages from the host country (Sabo Planning Coordination, Ministry of Land Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan) and from the host university (Kyoto University) were delivered at the end of this session. Opening address from the primary organizer The Kyoto 2020 Commitment for Global Promotion of Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk (Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020: KLC2020): A Commitment to the Sendai Landslide Partnerships 2015-2025, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals, the New Urban Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement was launched on 5 November 2020 by the adoption of 2020 Kyoto Declaration at the end of the launching session. One year has passed after the launching of the KLC2020. At the Fifth World Landslide Forum, a high-level panel discussion reviewed the progress of KLC2020 and strategized the way forward by inviting panelists from ICL supporting organizations (UNDRR, UNESCO, WFEO, IUGS, and IUGG), three ICL full members, and one ICL supporter. At the beginning of this session, two forum chairs (Immediate Past-president and Executive Director of the ICL) presented opening greetings. Under the chair from the Global Promotion Committee of IPL and the KLC2020 Secretariat, firstly, Secretary General of Landslide Commitment within the ICL Secretariat in Kyoto, Japan at the same time. In order to promote "Kyoto 2020 Commitment until 2030 and beyond," a new stable and global platform is essential for the information dissemination and collaboration within KLC2020 partners and the Society. Therefore, the establishment of an Open Access book series of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) "Progress in Landslide Research and Technology" was planned and proposed by the KLC2020 Secretariat. This book series can be downloaded free of charge by all, both in developing and developed countries suffering from landslide disasters and also the policy-makers involved in landslide disaster risk reduction. Until today, twenty international/national and public/private organizations in the world have accepted the role of the KLC2020 official promoters who promote the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 and provide financial support for the implementation of the KLC2020 activities. Many experts have accepted the role of voluntary editors and advisory members. Both financial and personal resources have been secured for this new publication series. On 3 November 2021 during the Fifth World Landslide Forum in Kyoto, Japan, at the high-level panel discussion "Review of KLC2020 and the way forward,", all panelists and participants agreed on, and declared the launching of the ICL Open Access Book Series "Progress in Landslide Research and Technology" for the Kyoto Landslide Commitment Publication Springer-Nature for digital and print issues Sub-title of the founding issues (Vol. 1, No.1 and No.2) : KLC2020 and 5th World Landslide Forum. Open access Digital including active link to video. Print version is charged. Format Same as books of WLF5 Categories (1) Original articles, (2) Review articles, (3) IPL/WCoE/ KLC2020, (4) Teaching Tools, (5) Technical note/Case studies, (6) World Landslide Reports, (7) KLC2020 official promoters • Each oral speaker of WLF5 is invited to present an article describing progress in landslide research and technology for practical applications and the benefit to the society (8-10 pages). The article may be accompanied with a video (6-10 pages). • Each Session Convener of WLF5 is invited to report his/her session with a short introduction of session speakers, including the recorded video (optional): 10-15 pages. • Regular articles on "Progress in Landslide Research and Technology" (Categories 1-7) • Book Processing Charge (BPC) is US$50/page. BPC is reduced for ICL members and KLC2020 official promoters in the founding issues. Steps from submission to publication for Vol. 1, No. 1/No.2 Submission of manuscript to the Online Conference Service (OCS): by 28 ) accept to in-depth review or (2) revise before in-depth review within 10 days after submission 3. Payment of Book Processing Charge (BPC) with credit card 4. In-depth review and revision 5 and offer of cooperation supporting the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 can be addressed to: Secretariat of the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 International Consortium on Landslides 138-1 Tanaka-Asukai cho References Sassa K (2021a) The Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020: Launched. Landslides New open access book series Progress in Landslide Research and Technology Kyoji Sassa (*) International Consortium on Landslides