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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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Call for authors: "White Paper: Next generation disaster data infrastructure(CODATA LODGD Task Group 2017)"
03 July 2017
This white paper aims to propose the next generation disaster data infrastructure, which includes the novel and most essential information systems and services that a country or a region can depend on in reality in order to successfully gather, process an
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International Expert Forum on "Mainstreaming Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in Education"
26 June 2017
The International Expert Forum on "Mainstreaming Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction in Education" Integrating SDG, SFDRR and UNFCCC Paris Agreement, scheduled to be held on 1 - 2 December, 2017 at AIT, THAILAND. It is organised by Disaster Preparednes
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[ONLINE SURVEY] ASDMP: ASEAN Science-Based Disaster Management Project
13 June 2017
Click here!Due to its disaster-prone location, it is imperative that ASEAN is equipped with the necessary tools to inform its disaster risk management policies. Projects that inform ASEAN disaster risk management policy-making processes can decrease the e
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IRDR Communication Strategy and IRDR ICoE Collaboration Plan Were Highlighted in 17th IRDR Scientific Committee Meeting
12 June 2017
The 17th Meeting of the IRDR Scientific Committee was held in Cancun, Mexico on May 22-23. It was hosted by ICSU and co-organized by IRDR IPO.The agenda of Day 1 was restricted to the SC members, the ex-officio and the IPO. The update of IRDR was presente
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IRDR joins the Sendai Partnership for Implementation of SFDRR on Landslides
01 June 2017
4th World Landslide Forum was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 29 – June 2, 2017. The theme is “LANDSLIDE RESEARCH AND RISK REDUCTION FOR ADVANCING CULTURE OF LIVING WITH NATURAL HAZARDS”.In the forum, Prof. Shuaib Lwasa, the Chair of IRDR Scientific Comm
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Bapon Dives into Climate Resilience in Cozumel, Mexico
01 June 2017
2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was held in Cancun, Mexico. IRDR organized its Science Committee (SC) meeting before the platform in the beautiful city Cancun. Beside Global Platform, our SC member Dr Bapon Fakhruddin visited Cozumel and
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ICoE-CCOUC delivered two presentations in IGNITE stage of Global Platform
26 May 2017
The IGNITE stage is a special venue at the entrance of the 2017 Global Platform conference centre where selected participants are allowed 15 minutes to present a disaster risk reduction topic, project or initiative. Its aim is to widen the array of topics
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IRDR welcomes new International Centre of Excellence on Transforming Development and Disaster Risk from SEI and updated its network map
25 May 2017
At its recent 17th meeting, convened in Cancun, Mexcio, the IRDR Scientific Committee (SC) reviewed the proposal submitted by Stockholm Environment Institute(SEI) to establish an IRDR International Centre of Excellence (ICoE) on Transforming Development
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Professor Gordon McBean of Canada announced as Winner of the 62nd International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize by the World Meteorological Organization
22 May 2017
The World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations System’s authoritative voice on Weather, Climate and Water, has announced that Professor Gordon McBean of Canada as the winner of the 62nd International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize and
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Qianhai Consensus was delivered after the International Symposium on Integrated Governance of Large-scale Disaster and Economic Risks
15 May 2017
The International Symposium on Integrated Governance of Large-scale Disaster and Economic Risks, held 13-14 May 2017 in Qianhai, Shenzhen, China. This symposium was co-sponsored by 1) Beijing Normal University, 2) Qianhai Shenzhen-Hongkong Modern Service
