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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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16 May 2023
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Prof. Guo Huadong reported the work of IRDR in ICSU GA
30 October 2017
In Day 2 of 32nd ICSU General Assembly, Prof. Guo Huadong, the representative from Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ( which hosts IRDR),reported the work of IRDR with highlight on IRDR's main achievement, key prio
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Call for application-Training Workshop on the Predictability of Extreme Weather Events
13 October 2017
The inaugural Malaysia Window to Cambridge at Univerisiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (MW2C@UKM) training workshop on the Predictability of Extreme Weather Events will be held on 14-16 November 2017 in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The Centre for Southeast Asia Disast
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Prof. CUI Peng Provided Preliminary Hazard Evaluation Report of Jiuzhaigou Earthquake
12 October 2017
On August 8th, a Ms 7.0 earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. The Epicenter of this earthquake is only 5 km west of a world-famous scenery site, Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritag
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IRDR names Qunli HAN as new Executive Director
26 September 2017
Qunli HAN appointed as Executive Director of IRDROn 25 Sep 2017, IRDR announced Mr Qunli Han as its new Executive Director. Before joining IRDR, Qunli was the Secretary of the UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme and the Director of the Division
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Embodied uncertainty: living with complexity and natural hazards
25 September 2017
Victoria Sword-Daniels, Christine Eriksen and their colleagues recently have a paper , Embodied uncertainty: living with complexity and natural hazards , published on Journal of Risk Research.This work started at the ISSC Fellows seminar in December 2013
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IRDR Young Scientist Authors Book on Disaster Risk Governance
06 September 2017
IRDR Young Scientist Dr. Indrajit Pal, a member of Asian Institute of Technology (AIT, Thailand), has co-edited a book titled “Disaster Risk Governance in India and Cross Cutting Issues.” The 19-chapter book, published by Springer provides an analytical
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Call for Application: International Training Workshop on Integrated Risk Assessment Methods Using Spatial and Social Vulnerability Data for Disaster Risk Reduction Digital Belt and Road Initiative (DBAR) – Disaster Theme (11th December– 15th December, 201
28 August 2017
I．Background and ObjectivesIn response to the needs of developing countries along Belt and Road in disaster risk reduction to tackle the natural and human-induced environmental disaster, “Digital Belt and Road” Initiative (DBAR), jointly with Integrated R
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IRDR’s Science Committee Member and Co-Chair for RIA Dr Bapon (Shm) Fakhruddin Took Centre Stage at the Pacific Meteorology Council and Emphasized End-to-End Impact Based Early Warning System for Risk Communication and Interpretation
22 August 2017
Better community engagement of at-risk communities, with a particular focus on the disabled, was up for discussion at the Fourth Pacific Meteorological Council and second Pacific Meteorological Ministers Meeting (PMMM) held in Honiara, Solomon Islands.IRD
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Professor Rajib Shaw, Ex-IRDR Executive Director and advisor to IRDR IPO visited Dr. Amod Dixit, Executive Director of ICoE NSET along with three IRDR young scientists
11 August 2017
On August 10th, Professor Rajib Shaw, Ex-IRDR Executive Director and advisor to IRDR IPO visited Dr. Amod Dixit, Executive Director of ICoE NSET (National Society for Earthquake Technology) Nepal along with three IRDR young scientists: Dr. Basanta Adhikar
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IRDR Young scientists in São Paulo Brazil
27 July 2017
From July 3 to 15 Ximena Roncancio (Colombia) Armand Kablam (Cote D 'Ivoire) Khalid Bahaudin (Bangladesh) and Antonethe Castaneda (Guatemala), members of Young scientists of IRDR participated in São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Climate Change: Sci
