Holiday Greetings from IRDR IPO
24 December 2024
Dear IRDR community members,
As 2024 comes to a close, I hope the entire IRDR community is filled with a sense of accomplishment and the spirit of doing good.
Thank you for your continuous contributions in 2024 and wish all community members and partners a joyous holiday season and a very
productive New Year!
May the coming year bring us even more clarity and innovations, contributing to more efficient, trusted and creative science and policy
interfaces for an inclusive, safe and sustainable world.

Sincerely,
Saini Yang
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IRDR and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC), based in Bangkok, Thailand, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 14 August 2026, formalising a five-year strategic partnership to bridge the gap between disaster risk science and policy implementation.
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The AMS recently announced the recipients of its 2027 awards and honors on its official website. Professor Zhang Renhe, Director of the IRDR International Centre of Excellence (ICoE) at Fudan, has been honored with the Sverdrup Gold Medal for his fundamental contributions to understanding Asian monsoon variability in connection with ocean-atmosphere interactions in the Northwest Pacific and coupled modes such as ENSO.
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