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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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Former IRDR SC Member, Allan Lavell, Wins 2015 Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction
17 March 2015
(Sendai, Japan, 17 March 2015) Former member of the IRDR Science Committee (SC), Prof. Allan Lavell, was tonight announced the winner of the 2015 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction.The Sasakawa Award is awarded to individuals or org
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IRDR SC Chair David Johnston delivers Statement by the Science and Technology Community Major Group at the Sendai conference
17 March 2015
On the third day of the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, David Johnston, chair of the IRDR Science Committee, delivered the official statement of the Science and Technology Major Group to the conference.In it, the community ac
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IRDR's Djillali Benouar presents Higher Education Institutions in DRR at IGNITE Stage
16 March 2015
IRDR's Djillali Benouar gave a presentation on “African Higher Education Institutions in Advancing Disaster Risk Reduction: A model for post-2015 capacity-building” during the IGNITE Stage Multi-Stakeholder Segment of the 3rd World Conference on Disaster
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Applying Science and Technology to Disaster Risk Reduction Decision-making
16 March 2015
Day two of the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan featured a working session on how to apply science and technology to disaster risk reduction decision-making.The session – which drew around 350 participants – was chaired by Carl
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‘Rebuilding Sichuan’ scoops DRR film award
16 March 2015
The documentary ‘Rebuilding Sichuan’ scooped the top prize in the first International Awards for the Best TV Documentaries on Disaster Risk Reduction.[caption id="attachment_9117" align="aligncenter" width="422"] Producer Sen Zhang received the top award
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IRDR's Omar Cardona at the GAR 2015 launch in 3rd WCDRR
16 March 2015
On 15 March 2015, the GAR results and main findings were presented during the working session on Global Risk Trends at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan. IRDR SC member Omar Dario Cardona presented the progress in probabilis
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IRDR's Djillali Benouar on public investment in DRR projects in Algiers
15 March 2015
IRDR SC Djillali Benouar gave a presentation on "Public Investment in Infrastructure to Reducing Flood Disaster Risk in the District of Bab El Oued in Algiers (Algeria)" at the Ignite Stage of the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction last 15
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UN Secretary-General calls for massive investment in disaster risk reduction
15 March 2015
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, opened the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 14 March, stating that annual economic losses now exceed US$ 300 billion annually.[caption id="attachment_9037" align="alignleft" width="308" class="
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IRDR’s 3rd WCDRR Public Forum Side Event Focused on the Role of Science in DRR
15 March 2015
(Sendai, Japan, 15 March 2015) The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme welcomed a full house of attentive participants to its side event during the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (3rd WCDRR) Public Forum. Held at th
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Science is used for disaster risk reduction: UNISDR Science and Technical Advisory Group report 2015
14 March 2015
Aitsi-Selmi A, Blanchard K, Al-Khudhairy D, Ammann W, Basabe P, Johnston D, Ogallo L, Onishi T, Renn O, Revi A, Roth C, Peijun S, Schneider J, Wenger D, Murray V. UNISDR STAG 2015 Report: Science is used for disaster risk reduction.This report discusses t
