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International Cooperation for Climate Change Session @ 2025 DRR Conference

21 April 2025

Download: [Programme of IRDR-UNESCO session]

1. Rationale

The 2025 Disaster Risk Reduction Conference is organized by the China Association for Disaster Prevention and is scheduled to be held at the Hangzhou International Expo Center from April 28 to 29, 2025. The theme of this conference is "Empower Disaster Risk Reduction Innovations, Promote New Quality Productive Forces", which aims to promote the innovation and application of DRR technologies and enhance global disaster risk management capabilities through exchanges and cooperation in various fields.

IRDR and UNESCO will co-organise a sub-forum entitled “International Cooperation for Climate Change”. The session will discuss the impact of climate change on social vulnerabilities, including culture (both tangible and intangible cultural heritage) and public health, explore the research priorities for international scientific cooperation, promote the localization of the international agenda with multi-stakeholders, and enhance the overall social resilience.

2. Date & Venue

28-29 April, Hangzhou
The Conference will be held at Hangzhou International Expo Centre, a premier venue located at No. 353, Benjing Avenue in Xiaoshan District. This session will take place in the VIP2-2 meeting room on the second floor.
Virtual Link: https://fzjz2025.tiemeeting.com/Contents/39213.html

3. Agenda

Day 1 AM

9:00-10:30 Session 1: Frontier research and insights

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-12:30 Session 2: Roundtable Discussion

Day 1 PM

Opening Ceremony and keynote session of Main Conference

Day 2 AM

9:00-12:30 Session 3: Discussion on the research priority (Close door)

For the detailed schedule, please see Agenda.

4. Registration and Logistics

The participants for this forum shall register via the following exclusive QR code. After registration, the participants are also able to attend all the other events of the main conference.

5. Contacts

For all inquiries regarding the conference agenda and program details, please contact Fang Lian, IRDR Science Officer, at fang.lian@irdrinternational.org.

For logisticts, please contact Lang Lang, IRDR Administrative Officer, at lang.lang@irdrinternational.org.

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