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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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King’s College London is hiring a lecturer in Geography - Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk
17 May 2015
Based at the Strand Campus with its vibrant mix of academic disciplines, this appointment is part of a longer-term investment strategy to provide additional expertise in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. The post will be situated in t
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APEC Philippines 2015 hosts Expert WG Emergency Preparedness
14 May 2015
After almost two decades, the Philippines will host and chair the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2015 and convene the APEC Senior Officials (SOM2) on 10-21 May 2015. One among the wide-range of topics to be discussed will be emergency preparedne
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IRDR SC roundtable and workshop with IRDR China
13 May 2015
On 3-5 June 2015, in conjunction with the 13th IRDR Science Committee (SC) Meeting and the 2nd plenary meeting of the new IRDR China Committee meeting, a roundtable on IRDR research and policy perspectives and capacity building workshop for early and mid-
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PeriPeri U's Student led Community Risk Assessment in Touws River, South Africa
12 May 2015
Students from the Research Alliance for Disaster and Risk Reduction (RADAR)’s Disaster Risk Studies course took part in a fieldtrip to Touws River, Western Cape, South Africa from 4-7 May, 2015 to conduct a Community Risk Assessment (CRA) for residents li
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Science and Technology Major Group on evidence-based policy for DRR
11 May 2015
[caption id="attachment_9816" align="alignleft" width="185"] Elisabeth Carabine, from Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London. Photo: IISD[/caption]Elisabeth Carabine, from Overseas Development Institute (ODI), London, with support from the Climate a
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IRDR partners analyse priorities for SDGs
06 May 2015
IRDR co-sponsors and partners such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences and International Council for Science recently co-authored an article in Nature entitled, "Five priorities for the UN Sustainable Development Goals". In the article, the authors laid ou
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Call for Applications: World Social Science Fellows Seminar on Sustainable Urbanization
05 May 2015
The International Social Science Council (ISSC) calls for applications from outstanding early career social scientists around the world to become World Social Science Fellows and participate in a World Social Science Seminar on Sustainable Urbanization: U
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Call for Nominations: IRDR Science Committee (SC) members
04 May 2015
The IRDR – Integrated Research on Disaster Risk - is a ten-year-programme, co-sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (
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ICSU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific publishes its Annual Report for 2014
03 May 2015
The ICSU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) recently published its Annual Report for the year 2014. The report documents the activities of ROAP highlighting key activities in its priority areas of work in health and wellbeing in the changing
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IRDR SC roundtable and workshop with IRDR China
03 May 2015
On 3-5 June 2015, in conjunction with the 13th IRDR Science Committee (SC) Meeting and the 2nd plenary meeting of the new IRDR China Committee meeting, a roundtable on IRDR research and policy perspectives and capacity building workshop for early and mid-
