News & Events
IRDR Launches New Newsletter – June 2025 Issue Now Available!
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14 July 2025
IRDR Publications and Activities for GP2025
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27 May 2025
Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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08 July 2024
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IRDR Welcomes the 6th Batch of Young Scientists
17 November 2025
IRDR welcomes 15 new Young Scientists from 13 countries to its 6th batch, selected for their exceptional promise in disaster risk reduction and resilience research.
Events
IRDR ICoE-RCS Presents Lecture Series
17 November 2025
IRDR ICoE at VNIT Nagpur hosts a two-part lecture series by Dr. Ranit Chatterjee on Nov 19-20, 2025, focusing on climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and technological advances in resilience.
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IRDR ICoE-RCS Presents “Bridging Disciplines: Spatial Analysis and Transdisciplinary Research in Coastal Climate Adaptation” Webinar
17 November 2025
IRDR ICoE-RCS at VNIT Nagpur hosts a webinar on "Bridging Disciplines: Spatial Analysis and Transdisciplinary Research in Coastal Climate Adaptation" on November 19, 2025, at 5:00 PM IST. Featuring international experts, it will discuss coastal resilience. Join in person or online.
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Former IRDR SC Member, Prof. Irasema Alcántara Ayala, Pens Story Book on Landslide Risks
13 November 2025
Prof. Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, former IRDR Scientific Committee member, has published a popular science story "Erebus and the Moving Mountains". Through zombie characters' adventures, it explains landslide risks in an engaging way. A glossary and further readings are included.
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IRDR Observes World Science Day for Peace and Development 2025
10 November 2025
The theme for the 2025 observation of World Science Day for Peace and Development is “Trust, Transformation, and Tomorrow: The Science We Need for 2050”
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Visit to the IPO of Mr. Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for DRR and Head of the UNDRR
04 November 2025
Mr. Kamal Kishore, the United Nation’s Assistant Secretary General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), visited IRDR’s International Programme Office (IPO).
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IRDR Hosts High-Level Roundtable Discussion with UNDRR and Multistakeholders on Integrating Risk Information into Decision-Making
03 November 2025
The roundtable meeting brought together leaders from senior academia, top financial and insurance sectors, and leading non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in China to compile insights, identify actionable solutions, and to forge partnerships to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai Framework.
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IRDR Holds Parallel Session during 2nd International Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Risk
28 October 2025
On 20 October 2025, IRDR held a plenary session at the International Conference on Climate Change and Disaster Risk in Beijing. The session, with UNDRR and ISC, discussed key factors and barriers for international scientific collaboration in DRR, showcasing cooperation examples and reinforcing IRDR's commitment to science for risk reduction.
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28th IRDR Scientific Committee Meeting Responds to the Call for an Acceleration of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Action
27 October 2025
During the meeting the SC members discussed a select number of interconnected matters that would impact the future involvement of the programme into the wider 2030 agendas, especially as it relates to the acceleration of the Sendai Framework.
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Grassroots Resilience: Inclusive Collaboration for DRR
09 October 2025
This is the message from Dr. Nuraini Rahma Hanifa for the 2025 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, which addresses the local leaderships and inclussive initiatives.
