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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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16 May 2023
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IRDR at UNISDR’s PrepCom 1 of the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
16 July 2014
The first session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom1) of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held from 14-15 July 2014 in Geneva. IRDR Executive Director Rüdiger Klein was asked to lead, on behalf of ICSU, the delegation of th
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DRR talks open in Geneva
15 July 2014
Preparations for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction gathered momentum as more than 600 government representatives and experts from around the world convened in Geneva for the First Session of an Intergovernmental Preparatory Committe
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IRDR Germany reviews the links between DRR and Climate Change Adaptation strategies in Europe
14 July 2014
DKKV, which operates as IRDR’s German National Committee, and which co-chairs the Working Group on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction of the “European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction” (EFDRR), was one of the leaders of the recent stud
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Djillali Benouar is "Expert of the Week" in PreventionWeb
13 July 2014
Djillali Benouar, Professor of Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Risk Reduction from the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB) is PreventionWeb's Expert of the Week from 14 - 20 July. The said week's session will focus on Forens
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Exposure, social vulnerability and recovery: IRDR ICoE on Vulnerability and Resilience Metrics publishes new research
11 July 2014
IRDR SC member Susan L. Cutter, together with colleagues from the University of South Carolina, Columbia/SC, USA, has published new research on “Exposure, Social Vulnerability and Recovery Disparities in New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy”. The Hazards and
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Building Disaster Resilience: Steps toward Sustainability
11 July 2014
AbstractDisaster losses continue to escalate globally and in many regions human losses (death, injury, permanent displacement) often exceed the economic toll. Current disaster policies are reactive with a short-term focus―respond and rebuild as quickly as
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Evaluations of disaster education programs for children: A methodological review
11 July 2014
AbstractThe purpose of this methodological literature review was to investigate how scholars and practitioners currently measure and judge the effectiveness of disaster education programs for children through evaluation. From a systematic search of the pu
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PrepCom 1 of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
10 July 2014
The first session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom1) of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will be held over two days in Palais de Nations, Geneva, Switzerland from 14-15 July 2014, to review the organizational and substantive p
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IRDR ICoE Community Resilience to conduct workshop in 7th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference 2014
09 July 2014
The 7th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference 2014 provides a forum to discuss the integration of hazard information into effective risk management, including: Applying hazard information to best practice planning, Developing effective warni
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UNISDR to hold 5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2014
08 July 2014
"Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice"24 - 28 August 2014 | Davos, SwitzerlandThe International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2014 is organised by GRF Davos in close cooperation with the United Nations Off
