Third Issue of the IRDR Newsletter Now Available
26 January 2026

The third issue of the IRDR newsletter, which covers the last quarter of 2025, October to December 2025, is now available. Highlights include:


  • convening the 28th meeting of the IRDR Scientific Committee (SC28), the second for the current cohort of SC members;

  • increasing the staff complement of the International Programme Office (IPO) thereby enhancing the ability of the Secretariat to operationalise the Action Plan;

  • selecting three new ICoEs; and

  • welcoming 15 young scientists to the membership of IRDR’s Young Scientists’ Programme (IRDR YSP).

Altogether, the initiatives undertaken during the last quarter of 2025 demonstrate IRDR’s commitment to promoting a better understanding of disaster risk and the effective use of risk science in decision-making, and of the importance of knowledge exchange and partnerships among international organisations, academia and the private sector.


The newsletter can be viewed here.

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