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Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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23 May 2023 Agreement on IRDR Phase II became effective on May 11 2023
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New IcoE report: FireSmart guidelines for Canada's wildfires
21 September 2015
"Risk Reduction Status of Homes Reconstructed Following Wildfire Disasters in Canada" is a new report from Alan Westhaver and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the first study released since ICLR was selected as an IRDR ICoE for Di
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Newly released IRDR newsletter foregrounds activities supporting the Sendai Framework
14 September 2015
This issue of the IRDR newsletter leads off with a review of the 4+2 formula and highlights IRDR family activities that support the 4+2 formula from May through August.It also covers activities of Scientific Committee (SC) members, IRDR Working Groups, In
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Sign on to the Our Common Future Conference Outcome Statement
10 September 2015
At the culmination of July's Our Common Future Under Climate Change (CFCC15) (see IRDR July 10 news) conference which convened close to 2000 academics from almost 100 countries, an outcome statement was issued that explains that “to limit warming to 2°C,
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PERIPERI U Leads DRR session at 6th ANIE Annual Conference
07 September 2015
From 7-9 October 2015, the 6th ANIE (African Network for Internationalization of Education) Annual Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania will bring together multi-level stakeholders in Higher Education and Internationalisation. The conference theme, “Movi
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Post-bushfire: Gaining knowledge after the disaster
01 September 2015
Research funded under the programme of Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centres (BNHCRC), the IRDR National Committee for Australia, has produced a range of new publications during July and August 2015.David Bruce, Communication manager a
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SC Chair David Johnston appointed to HiWeather Scientific Committee
31 August 2015
Beginning in 2016, David Johnston will become co-chair of the Scientific Steering Group (SSC) of the High Impact Weather Project (HIWeather) working alongside Metservice and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). HiWeather is a ten-year project spon
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Periperi U Community Risk Assessment Short Course 16-20 November 2015
28 August 2015
Stellenbosch University, a partner of the Periperi U consortium, will be hosting their well regarded Community Risk Assessment Short course. For more information and to register click here. Key Content Areas: Role of CRA in development planning/ risk redu
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IRDR ICoE VaRM: New version of US county-level hazard loss data set
26 August 2015
The IRDR International Centre of Excellence ion Vulnerability and Resilience Metrics led by Susan Cutter at the University of South Carolina recently announced the latest version of the SHELDUS database (SHELDUS™ 14.0). SHELDUS™ is a county-level hazard l
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Sept.1 abstract deadline for NEEDS conference in Copenhagen
24 August 2015
The interdisciplinary research project Changing Disasters has a September 1 deadline for the conference’s Call for Papers. They are hosting the first Northern European conference on emergency and disaster studies which will be held at the University of Co
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IRDR France relaunches WG Networks and Natural Disasters
21 August 2015
In 2008, AFPCN (Association française pour la prévention des catastrophes naturelles), which functions as IRDR National Committee for France, established a Working Group that studied the vulnerability of networks in the face of natural hazards. A report w
