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Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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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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FORBES tells IRDR Conference Audience to manage Water Scarcity as a Disaster
08 June 2014
Nathaniel Forbes, Director of the Forbes Calamity Prevention Pte Ltd in Singapore shared three stories that illustrate key issues affecting water in the Plenary Session of the IRDR Conference on 8 June. In his presentation, “Water and Emergencies: The Imp
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IRDR Conference 2014: PELLING outlines the international process and IRDR’s role in framing Disaster Risk Reduction
08 June 2014
BEIJING - Mark Pelling from the Department of Geography, King’s College London outlined international processes and IRDR’s role for framing disaster risk reduction in his presentation during the Plenary Session of the IRDR Conference 2014. PELLING emphasi
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MURRAY gives speech in IRDR Plenary Session with how Science can influence Policy and Practice
08 June 2014
BEIJING - Professor Virginia Murray, Consultant in Global Disaster Risk Reduction from the Public Health England and Vice-Chair, Scientific and Technical Advisory Group from the UNISDR, opened the second day of the IRDR Conference Plenary Session today wi
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Translate Knowledge to Action to minimize Disaster Risks, Senator LEGARDA tells audience in IRDR Conference Opening Ceremony
07 June 2014
BEIJING - Philippine legislator, Senator Loren LEGARDA gave the Keynote Speech at the opening ceremony of the IRDR Conference 2014 in Beijing today. In her speech, LEGARDA shared stories on how the second largest volcanic eruption in the Philippines and t
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Disaster Risk Science Conference kicks off in China
07 June 2014
BEIJING - The second Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Conference opened today, 7 June, at the Beijing International Convention Centre in central Beijing. With the theme ‘Integrated Disaster Risk Science: A Tool for Sustainability’, the event ha
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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
