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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 SC Member Omar D. Cardona to present in 2ECEES Conference in Turkey
18 August 2014
The Second European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (2ECEES) in Istanbul, Turkey from 24-29 August, 2014 is a joint event of European Association of Earthquake Engineering (EAEE) and European Seismological Commission (ESC). This year’s
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Wetlands International’s recommendations for the Post-2015 Hyogo Framework for Action
15 August 2014
Emerging trends in disaster risks underline the need to consider the role of water and wetland management as important elements of disaster risk reduction and risk management strategy. Located at the interface of land and water, wetlands are crucial in re
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Publication of the 2014 Human Development Report: reflections from Royal Society
14 August 2014
The UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) recently launched its annual stock taking report of development across the globe, the 2014 Human Development Report (HDR). This latest edition, under the title Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabili
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Virtual platform for agenda setting on disaster risk reduction
12 August 2014
In preparation for Brazil’s second national conference on civil protection on Civil Protection which will be held in Brasilia in November 2014, the country launched, on 11 August 2014, a virtual platform, open to all citizens, to participate in the discus
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Integrated assessment of coastal risks: a report published by UNU and partners
08 August 2014
The report entitled “An Assessment of Coastal Risks and the Role of Environmental Solutions” takes an integrated approach by focusing on analyses and recommendations that can benefit both people and nature across risk reduction and environmental conservat
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“Concepts and Metrics for Climate Change Risk and Development” - IRDR Partner JRC publishes new report
07 August 2014
At global, regional and local level there is an increasing demand from both policy makers and the business sector for understanding relationships between the determinants of climate change risk (hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and adaptation) as well as
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Call for Abstracts: Tokyo Conference on International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience
06 August 2014
The Tokyo Conference on International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience “Towards a New Science and Technology to consolidate Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development” is now accepting abstract submission until 30 September 2014.
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ICSU Regional Offices join CODATA and CAS for International Workshop on Open Data for Developing Countries
05 August 2014
Over the past decade, the Task Group on Preservation of and Access to Scientific and Technical Data in Developing Countries (PASTD) has focused on promoting and enhancing the worldwide cooperation in ICTs and research data and in developing open knowledge
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Brasil develops research agenda for disaster risk reduction
04 August 2014
In a coordinated and nation-wide exercise, and underpinning a process of revising and restructuring processes and institutional responsibilities aimed to provide prevention and response services, Brazilian researchers involved in disaster risk reduction a
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Summer school on Attribution and Prediction of Extremes Events
01 August 2014
From 21 July to 1 August 2014, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) organized, in collaboration with the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), a Summer School on Attribution and Prediction of Extreme Events, that was held
