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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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Science for disaster risk reduction
16 October 2014
Julie Calkins, currently based at UK Collaborative on Development Sciences (UKCDS), a group of 14 UK government departments and research funders working in international development, writes on the links between disaster risk reduction and a better science
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German IRDR National Committee and HelpAge on International Day for Disaster Reduction
15 October 2014
Floods that wipe out entire settlements, earthquakes that destroy lodgings, heat waves that strike entire regions, all affect the elderly in very drastic ways: older citizens have special needs when it comes to evacuation, protection of assets, and commun
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TACTIC Consortium holds workshop on good practices in disaster preparedness
14 October 2014
TACTIC (Tools, methods And training for CommuniTIes and society to better prepare for a Crisis) aims to increase preparedness to large-scale and cross-border disasters amongst communities in Europe. From 13 to 14 October, 2014, the TACTIC consortium held
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Australia's BNHCRC event acknowledges International Day for Disaster Reduction
13 October 2014
13 October is the International Day for Disaster Reduction, with the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC holding a free public forum in Canberra to raise awareness.The forum featured a panel of speakers who explored Australia’s contribution to natural disast
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IRDR and UNESCO Centre HIST at RADI seminar
13 October 2014
Chaired by RADI Director-General Prof. Guo Huadong, this joint seminar, and the preparations that preceded it, offered an opportunity for IRDR and the RADI-based UNESCO Centre HIST (International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Herit
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ICSU-endorsed initiative “Sustainable Deltas 2015” launched
11 October 2014
“Sustainable Deltas 2015” (SD2015) launched today at the ‘Deltas in Times of Climate Change II International Conference’ in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The initiative seeks to focus attention and research on the value and vulnerability of deltas worldwide
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IRDR Affiliated Project TRUC at Belmont Forum meeting on Coastal Vulnerabilities
10 October 2014
The Belmont Forum, a group of global change research funding agencies, had convened a mid-term meeting of funded collaborative research projects under the Call “Coastal Vulnerability”. The meeting was convened by the TPO (NERC) alongside the ‘Deltas in Ti
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Outcome of the 5th European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction
09 October 2014
Hosted by the Spanish Dirección General de Protección Civil y Emergencias, the Chair of the EFDRR, the 5th European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction was co-organized in collaboration with the Council of Europe (EUR-OPA), European Commission and UNISDR Eu
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Turkey presents Report on Governance and Accountability of the HFA
08 October 2014
Turkey, Chair of the Governance and Accountability for DRR Working Group, presented the “Report on Governance and Accountability of the Hyogo Framework for Action: The European Perspective” during the recent European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFD
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UN Conference in Samoa generates more than $1.9 billion in partnerships to support Small Island Developing States
03 October 2014
Nearly 300 partnerships between governments, businesses and civil society organizations from all over the world have been registered to support small island developing states bringing the total value of these commitments to over USD $1.9 billion, based fr
