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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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IRDR ICoE in Colombia convenes symposium on local DRM jointly with National Committee and partners
16 April 2015
The IRDR International Centre of Excellence on Understanding Risk and Safety, based at the Institute of Environmental Studies of National University of Colombia at Manizales, and led by IRDR SC member Omar Dario Cardona, is organizing the “Interdisciplina
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ISSC/IDS Post-Doctoral Fellow for 2016 World Social Science Report
16 April 2015
The ISSC and IDS are seeking a motivated and outstanding post-doctoral researcher to do research and help with the editorial coordination of the 2016 World Social Science Report. The closing date is on Wednesday 13 May 2015, 10am UK time.The selected pers
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Resilient Cities: IRDR interacts with ICLEI World Congress
15 April 2015
[caption id="attachment_9571" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The 2015 ICLEI World Congress was held in Seoul, Korea. Some of the city’s most inspiring projects and policies include the Bus Rapid Transit System, Cheonggyechoen Restoration Project, and th
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Pan-Asia Risk Reduction (PARR) Fellowship Program
14 April 2015
Pan-Asia Risk Reduction (PARR) Fellowship Program, an IRDR partner in Asia, presents its work in a new brochure. The PARR Fellowship Program, which is managed with support from IRDR partner START, offers unique research, training and educational opportuni
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IRDR Australia holds first Research Advisory Forum in 2015
13 April 2015
The first Research Advisory Forum (RAF) of Bushfire & Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre (BNH CRC) for 2015 was held at NSW Rural Fire Service Headquarters on the 8 - 9 April 2015 and focused on the Resilience and Policy themes of the resear
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African research on hazards and disasters
10 April 2015
The chair of the consortium on hazards and disasters, affiliated with the ICSU Regional Office for Africa (ICSU-ROA), Prof. Genene Mulugeta, currently based in Sweden, had prepared a report, on occasion of the 3rd World Conference on DRR, on the consortiu
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Review of Targets for the Sustainable Development Goals: The Science Perspective
09 April 2015
This report is an independent scientific review of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets, as submitted to the UN General Assembly by the UN Open Working Group (OWG). It is a unique tool designed primarily for negotiators, technical s
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Synthesis Report (Science Advice to Governments Conference)
09 April 2015
The Auckland conference was born from the dual observation that while more governments are recognising the need for and establishing science advice mechanisms, there is little by way of shared lessons about how best to do this. The conference responded to
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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2015)
09 April 2015
The 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR15), Making Development Sustainable: The Future of Disaster Risk Management is the fourth in the series coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in the c
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EU and Belmont Forum Call for research into climate services
07 April 2015
Climate Services aim at providing more reliable climate information for the near future (months to decades) relevant for local and regional users. Within this broad context, variability of polar and tropical systems affects a large proportion of the world
