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Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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08 July 2024 IRDR Introduction Video
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23 May 2023 Agreement on IRDR Phase II became effective on May 11 2023
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China GEO/LODGD supports New Year Flood Impact in Honiara
17 June 2019
From the 27th December 2018 the Solomon Islands experienced two weeks of intense rainfall due to the rapid succession of three tropical storms. Firstly, a tropical depression that later turned into Cyclone Mona crossed the country bringing heavy downpour
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Celebrating Disaster ‘Non-Events’: a Call for Research Papers and Case Studies
11 June 2019
For more details and submission, please refer to the original link.
The top two papers will be announced at the 2020 Asia Pacific Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in Kuala Lumpur on March 16-17, 2020.
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30 innovations for Disaster Risk Reduction
24 April 2019
This publication is developed by a group of individuals from the International Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University, Keio University, the University of Tokyo, the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustai
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IRDR SC member Bapon Fakhruddin was appointed by National Climate Change Risk Assessment Panel of New Zealand
15 April 2019
The Minister for Climate Change welcomes the Ministry for the Environment’s appointment of an expert panel to create the framework for New Zealand’s first National Climate Change Risk Assessment. IRDR SC member Bapon Fakhruddin was appointed.
“The Nation
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Register for Science and Policy Forum of 2019 Global Platform for DRR
09 April 2019
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Registration is now open for the Science and Policy Forum, organised by the ISC, UNISDR, the UNISDR Science Technology Advisory Group (STAG) and the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme. The Scie
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Call for Chapters for IRDR Young Scientists Book
25 March 2019
IRDR now has issued a Call for Chapters for an edited book titled: INTEGRATED RESEARCH ON DISASTER RISKS: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE IRDR YOUNG SCIENTISTS PROGRAMME, which will be part of the Springer Springer Disaster Risk Reduction: Methods, Approaches and
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IRDR Scientific Committee gets new Chair and three new members
15 March 2019
Australian Prof. John HANDMER takes over as Chair of IRDR Scientific Committee, replacing Dr. Shuaib LWASA.
Prof. John Handmer, senior scientist of Das Royal Melbourne Institue of Technology oder RMIT University, Australia, assumed the role of Chair of
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WEBINAR Moving beyond exposure: addressing climate-related risks in informal coastal settlements
25 February 2019
Time: Tuesday 26 February 13:00 – 14:00 CETSource: https://council.science/events/moving-beyond-exposure-addressing-climate-related-risks-in-informal-coastal-settlementsRegister: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3710829050663008513This webinar br
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Save date for Science and Policy Forum in Geneva - a preparatory event of GP2019
21 February 2019
Science and Policy Forum for the Implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk ReductionDate: 13-14 May 2019Venue: Palais des Nations, GenevaCo-organized by UNISDR Science Technology Advisory Groups (STAG) International Science Council (ISC) Int
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Provide your comments for LODGD White Paper on Next generation disaster data infrastructure
17 February 2019
The work of Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk Research (LODGD) task group of CODATA is an increasingly important activity linking four global milestones – the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
