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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 discusses progress with WMO Working Group on Societal and Economic Research Applications of WWRP
26 August 2014
In 2012, IRDR and the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) of WMO signed a working arrangement to jointly support the activities of the Working Group on Societal and Economic Research and Applications (WG SERA) of the WWRP for which the research priori
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Integrated Disaster Risk Science as a Tool for Sustainability: IRDR in panel on key conferences at IDRC Davos 2014
25 August 2014
The 5th IDRC Davos 2014’s first Plenary Session (Outcomes of Recent International Disaster Risk Reduction/ Management Conferences) offered a platform for some major conferences on DRR which have been held within the first six months of 2014 to provide inp
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IRDR Canada member holds national Risks and Hazards Network Symposium
25 August 2014
The Canadian Risk and Hazards (Knowledge and Practice) Network, a member of IRDR Canada, held its 11th Annual Canadian Risk and Hazards Network Symposium on 22-24 October 2014 in Toronto, Canada, following the 5th Annual Roundtable on Canada's Platform fo
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Uncertainty perceptions in severe weather warning: IRDR Germany host participates in WEXICOM project
23 August 2014
The World Weather Open Science Conference 2014, held on 16-21 August 2014 in Montreal, Canada, heard results from the German WEXICOM project, presented by Thomas Kox, project lead researcher at Institute of Meteorology of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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Call for Applications for Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) International Fellowship Programme
22 August 2014
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) offers a package of international fellowships, collectively called the “CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI)”, to support highly-qualified international scientists and postgraduate students to wo
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President of Peruvian Academy of Sciences Visits RADI
20 August 2014
[caption id="attachment_7411" align="alignleft" width="328"] Prof. Ronald Woodman visits the Airborne Remote Sensing Center. (Photo: RADI/CAS)[/caption]A delegation headed by Prof. Ronald Woodman, who is the President of the Peruvian Academy of Sciences,
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100 Resilient Cities 2014 challenge opens
19 August 2014
100 Resilient Cities, a project by The Rockefeller Foundation, seeks to find 100 cities that are ready to build resilience to the social, economic, and physical challenges that cities face in an increasingly urbanized world.By 22 August 2014 (5pm EDT), in
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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
