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Webinar: Could El Niño Long Range Warning System help countries manage the effects of severe weather events?

08 June 2020 10:29

Join us for a free webinar as we discuss this important matter - https://cutt.ly/LRWSwebinar Currently many countries are experiencing severe drought. Could the impacts of drought have been minimised with an effective long-range warning system (LRWS)? Tonkin + Taylor in partnership with In...

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Global risk index

30 May 2020 20:02

Global risk index

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Webinar | Transition from response to recovery 12 May 2020

04 May 2020 17:52

Join us for a webinar as we come together with to discuss the transition from response to recovery of COVID-19. Click here to register.

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UNDRR Initial COVID-19 Engagement Strategy and Communication Campaign

10 April 2020 08:52

The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is an unprecedented event in modern human history, requiring the United Nations system to work as One UN to support countries.The UN Secretary-General has asked the international community to focus on three critical areas of action: 1) Tackling the health emergency; 2)...

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IRDR Scientists's Viewpoint towards COVID-19

31 March 2020 15:05

2020 has become the year of coping with COVID-19.The WHO declared this as Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 31th of January 2020, and finally a pandemic on 11th March 2020.IRDR Scientific Committee members contribute to the analysis this pandemic from DRR aspect and they we...

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Call for participation: Global Congress on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction

02 March 2020 16:35

Global Congress on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction will be organized in Bhubaneswar on 9-10th Oct 2020. The congress aims to gather more than 500 DRR and Climate Change Professors, Researchers, Students, and Practitioner from United Nations, INGOS and most of the prestigious Universities...

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Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter | December 2019 Edition

13 December 2019 09:04

Dear reader,Thank you for being an avid subscriber of the DRR and Open Data Newsletter.We hope that you have enjoyed ...

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Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter | November 2019 Edition

13 December 2019 08:59

UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Climate Change and DisplacementClimate change and natural disasters can add to and worsen the threats that force people to flee across international borders. The interplay between climate, conflict, poverty and persecution greatly increases the complexity of refuge...

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HIWeather ICO visited IRDR IPO for further cooperation

14 November 2019 14:36

HIWeather International Coordination Office visited IRDR International Programme Office on 4 November 2019 for further collaboration. The High Impact Weather project (HIWeather) is a ten year activity within the World Weather Research Programm.The Executive Director of IRDR Prof. Qunli Han updated I...

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Survey on regional implementation of S&T Roadmap

14 November 2019 09:14

IRDR together with APSTAAG are conducting a survey to track the progress of the Asia and Pacific regional implementation of the Sendai Framework Science Technology Roadmap from a wide range of stakeholders. The analyses of the survey will be presented at the 2020 Asia Pacific Science and Technology...