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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 to Hold the 2nd Conference on Disaster Reduction
06 June 2014
BEIJING—The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) 2014 conference theme, “Integrated Disaster Risk Science: A Tool for Sustainability,” is designed to place emphasis on the importance of science as a tool to address hazard risks and issues of sustai
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4 days left to register online for the IRDR Conference 2014
27 May 2014
Just 4 days left to register online for IRDR Conference 2014 to be held in Beijing, China. The IRDR Conference 2014, under the theme “Integrated Disaster Risk Science: A Tool for Sustainability,” begins from 7 - 9 June 2014 at the Beijing International Co
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Mr Makoto Mizutani to deliver Keynote Speech at IRDR Conference 2014
09 May 2014
BEIJING—Mr Makoto Mizutani will be a keynote speaker at the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Conference 2014 in Beijing, China from June 7-9, 2014. Mizutani will present “For Accelerating the Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake
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Statement on Establishing an International Science Advisory Mechanism for Disaster Risk Reduction to Strengthen Resilience
08 May 2014
At the end of March 2014, IRDR met with delegates from a number of countries, representing governments, international science bodies, UN agencies, the private sector, NGOs as well as international scientists to discuss how science and technology can best
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Bill Nicol to give Keynote Speech at the IRDR Conference 2014
15 April 2014
BEIJING— Bill Nicol, independent management strategist and former senior adviser to the Indonesian Government’s 2004 tsunami reconstruction efforts, will give a keynote speech at the Integrated Research and Disaster Risk (IRDR) Conference 2014 in Be
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ISSC Announces New Transformations to Sustainability Programme and Call for Seed Funding
02 April 2014
On 31 March 2014, the International Social Science Council (ISSC) launched a new global research funding programme called Transformations to Sustainability.The Transformations to Sustainability programme aims to build scientific understanding of transform
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Reminder: Questionnaire from the ISDR IAP Stakeholders Group on Science, Academia and Research
01 April 2014
In an effort to better understand how the ISDR Asian Partnership on Disaster Reduction (IAP) Stakeholders Group on Science, Academia and Research can benefit the Asia-Pacific region, we would appreciate if you would take a few minutes to answer this short
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5th Digital Earth Summit
31 March 2014
The International Society for Digital Earth will be hosting the 5th Digital Earth Summit under the theme “Digital Earth for ESD” from 9 - 11 November 2014 in Nagoya, Japan. This planned Digital Earth Summit will focus on how Digital Earth technologies and
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IRDR DATA Project Publishes Peril Classification and Hazard Glossary
28 March 2014
The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme has recently published its Peril Classification and Hazard Glossary, which summarises the agreement on peril classifications and hazard definitions by members of the IRDR Disaster Loss Data (DATA)
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Senator Loren Legarda to Deliver Keynote Speech at the IRDR Conference 2014
19 March 2014
BEIJING— Senator Loren Legarda, renowned legislator from the Philippines, TV news personality and an accomplished environmentalist, will be a keynote speaker at the Integrated Research and Disaster Risk (IRDR) Conference 2014 in Beijing, China from June
