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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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Publication on Forensic Investigation of Typhoon Morakot Disaster
14 November 2014
IRDR ICoE-Taipei (Academy of Sciences located in Taipei) and National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction released a publication last May 2014 on Forensic Investigation of Typhoon Morakot Disaster: Nansalu and Daniao Village Case Study.
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5th Digital Earth Summit Held in Japan
14 November 2014
The 5th Digital Earth Summit was successfully held in Nagoya, Japan from 9-11 November 2014. Hosted by the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) and organized by the Chubu University, Japan, the event gathered more than 100 participants from 22 c
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ICSU ROLAC to conduct Steering Committee Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction in Costa Rica
13 November 2014
The ICSU Regional Office for Latin American and the Caribbean (ROLAC) is conducting its Steering Committee Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction on 21 November, in parallel with the Workshop “Natural disasters and volcanic, seismic and hydro- meteorological
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FORIN Assessment, Revision and Update Workshop concludes with FORIN 2.0 outline
12 November 2014
The “FORIN Assessment, Revision and Update Workshop” was recently concluded in Paris, France last 12 November resulting to a more focused outline with intersecting and cross-cutting themes for (Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN) 2.0. Led by IRDR
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ISSC Call for Applications – Future Earth Young Scientist Networking Conference 2015
11 November 2014
Early Career Scientists are invited to submit applications to participate in next year’s Future Earth Young Scientist Networking Conference on Integrated Science. The Future Earth Young Scientists Networking Conference on Integrated Science discussing the
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IRDR SC member Shuaib Lwasa at the UGEC Conference on Urban Transitions and Transformations
10 November 2014
The 2nd International UGEC Conference on Urban Transitions and Transformations: Science, Synthesis and Policy” last 6-8 November concluded with forward-looking approaches to new research directions, new collaborations and generation of knowledge in unders
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ADPC Career Opportunity: Department Head of Disaster Risk Assessment and Monitoring
09 November 2014
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from qualified practitioners and professionals.Position Title: Department Head, Disaster Risk Assessment and Monitoring (DRAM)The Department Head-DRAM
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German IRDR National Committee convenes workshop on DRR between science and practice
08 November 2014
IRDR's National Committee in Germany (Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V. – DKKV) convened the 14th German National Forum on Disaster Preparedness and Prevention on 4-5 November 2014 at Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ, Leipzig. Under the
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“The role of early warning systems”, a workshop of IRDR’s French National Committee
07 November 2014
IRDR’s National Committee in France, AFPCN (Association Française Pour la Prevention des Catastrophes Naturelles or AFPCN), together with the Institut pour la Maitrise des Risques organized a workshop at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers in Par
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“Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk Research”: CODATA Task Group at SciData Conference 2014
06 November 2014
The International Conference on Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability (SciDataCon) is motivated by the conviction that the most significant research challenges – and in particular the pressing issues relating to global sustainability – ca
