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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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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
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IRDR SC member Susan Cutter reports on results of new FORIN publication at IRDR Conference
29 July 2014
“Hurricane Katrina and the Forgotten Coast of Mississippi” was the title of a presentation by IRDR SC member Susan L. Cutter in a session on FORIN (“Forensic Investigations of Disasters”) held during the recent IRDR Conference 2014. It is also the title o
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Applications for the Public Forum (Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction) is now open
28 July 2014
The Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) will be held from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai City, Japan. To consider and adopt the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, several thousand participants are expected, including
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Bushfire & Natural Hazards CRC to hold AFAC 2014 Conference
23 July 2014
The Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC will be joining forces with Australian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council (AFAC) to host the AFAC14 conference addressing the theme “After Disaster Strikes, Learning from Adversity.”This conference is desig
