Interested individuals from within the ISC membership and fellowship are invited to express their interest in serving on the Programme Steering Group by completing the online nomination form in the link by 2 July.

This session is one of the science&technology stakeholder forums at GP2025. It seeks to address the Implementation of Sendai Framework for DRR, focusing on the Role of Science and Technology in advancing implementation at the local level.

The Priority Actions to Enhance Readiness for Resilient Recovery were officially launched at the World Resilient Recovery Conference (WRRC) on 3 June 2025. They are designed to take joined action to accelerate the implementation of Priority Action 4 of the Sendai Framework. IRDR experts participated in the Conference as the panelists.

The conference will co-organized by IRDR and China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences during 19–20 October 2025 in Beijing, China. Under the theme “Climate Change and Disaster Risk”, the conference will delve into critical topics such as the disaster effects of climate change, the formation and mechanisms of natural hazards, and innovative technologies for disaster risk prevention and mitigation.

Professor Emily Ying Yang Chan, Director of IRDR CCOUC, and her team visited IRDR IPO on May 27, 2025. During the visit, discussion focused on fostering collaboration, and developing joint initiatives to strengthen DRR education and implementation in the field of health emergencies.

The 2nd IRDR Young Scientists Lumos, co-hosted by IRDR and the U-INSPIRE Alliance, will take place online as a pre-event for the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) the the theme “Localization of the Global Agenda: DRR Solutions from Young Professionals”.