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Communication of risks and investment on young generation are put forward in the collaboration between IRDR and WWRP

02 February 2018 10:09

WMO World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) delegation, consisting of Paolo M. Ruti (Chief of WWRP), Julia Keller (Junior Professional officer), Brian Golding (Co-chair of HIWeather Project of WWRP) and David Johnston (Co-chair of HIWeather Project of WWRP), visited IRDR IPO on Feb 1, 2018 in Beiji...

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NATURE: Steps to the digital Silk Road

31 January 2018 11:25

Prof. GUO Huadong, Academician of Chinese Academy of Science, Ex-officio of IRDR, delivered a comment article "Steps to the digital Silk Road" on the international journal of science Nature. He urges that sharing big data from satellite imagery and other Earth observations across Asia, the Middle Ea...

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IRDR Young Scientists Programme: Call for application (3rd Batch)

12 January 2018 13:15

In 2016, IRDR started the IRDR Young Scientists Programme. Now we have 72 IRDR young scientists and they have great performance in DRR.Now the 3rd batch has opened up for application. Young researchers are encouraged to apply for IRDR Young Scientists from now. The application deadline is Feb 28, 20...

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2nd Annual Meeting of DBAR DRR Working Group

13 December 2017 22:00

The 2nd Annual Meeting of DBAR DRR Working Group was held on Dec 13, 2017 in Sanya China.Prof. CHEN Fang, the co-chair of the working group, summarised the activities of 2017. DBAR DRR Working Group launched a regional research initiative "Integrated Digital and Social Vulnerability Research Program...

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A brighter future of IRDR is expected with the success of 18th IRDR SC Meeting

22 November 2017 16:07

The 18th IRDR Scientific Committee Meeting was held in Tokyo, Japan on Nov 20 and Nov 21. It was hosted by ICSU and co-organized by IRDR IPO. Science Council of Japan provided with the Venue. The Meeting was chaired by Dr Shuaib Lwasa, Chairperson of the IRDR Scientific Committee.In the first day,...

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A Global Outlook on Disaster Science

21 November 2017 15:19

On November 20, Elsevier has launched an important new report, A Global Outlook on Disaster Science, in partnership with global experts and leading international institutions, including IRDR. The report displays an analysis of global disaster science scholarly output and specific topics being studie...

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Prof. Guo Huadong reported the work of IRDR in ICSU GA

30 October 2017 11:18

In Day 2 of 32nd ICSU General Assembly, Prof. Guo Huadong, the representative from Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ( which hosts IRDR),reported the work of IRDR with highlight on IRDR's main achievement, key priorities for the future, ideas for strengthenin...

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ICoE-REaL release new brochure

26 October 2017 16:12

As IRDR Internatioanl Centre of Excellence for Risk Education and Learning (ICoE-REaL), Periperi U is an Africa-rooted and -led initiative that began in 2006 in five universities in Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania. It aims to advance risk education in Africa by mobilising univers...

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Call for application-Training Workshop on the Predictability of Extreme Weather Events

13 October 2017 13:03

The inaugural Malaysia Window to Cambridge at Univerisiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (MW2C@UKM) training workshop on the Predictability of Extreme Weather Events will be held on 14-16 November 2017 in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. The Centre for Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative (SEADPRI),...

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Prof. CUI Peng Provided Preliminary Hazard Evaluation Report of Jiuzhaigou Earthquake

12 October 2017 10:30

On August 8th, a Ms 7.0 earthquake struck Jiuzhaigou County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. The Epicenter of this earthquake is only 5 km west of a world-famous scenery site, Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 and was mostly suffered from t...