On August 8, 2024, IRDR Executive Director Saini Yang visited IRDR International Center of Excellence on Risk Interconnectivity and Governance on Weather/Climate Extremes Impact and Public Health” (IRDR ICoE-RIG-WECEIPHE), which is hosted by Fudan University. This ICoE is the only trans-disciplinary center of IRDR to cope with issues on risk interconnectivity and governance in the fields of climate change, weather/climate extremes, air pollution and public health.

The leaders of Fudan ICoE, Prof. Renhe Zhang (Director) and Prof. Xu Tang (Executive Director), provided a comprehensive report on the centre’s organizational structure and its significant achievements to date. During the discussion, the potential establishment and mechanism of IRDR Work Streams, which would serve as collaborative initiative and guideline to enhance the integration of research efforts within the IRDR Community, was highlighted. 

This is the first visit to ICoEs of Prof. Saini Yang when she was assigned as the Executive Director of IRDR. She emphasized the important role of ICoEs in IRDR community and committed to bring the topic on maximizing the ICoE’s contributions to the coming IRDR Scientific Committee Meeting in October. She will visit other ICoEs and also NCs to solidify the connection and collaboration within IRDR community.