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IRDR Launches New Newsletter – June 2025 Issue Now Available!
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14 July 2025
IRDR Publications and Activities for GP2025
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27 May 2025
Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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08 July 2024
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Survey on Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction
03 May 2018
Click here for the online survey!The 2nd Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction on 17-18 of April 2018 was organised by UNISDR with support from IRDR and other partners, which aims to renew the commitment to the accelerated im
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Multi-Hazards Summer School at Tohoku University
02 May 2018
The 6th APRU MH Summer School will be held on 24-27 July at Tohoku University. This year’s focus is “Applying science, technology and innovation in disaster risk reduction”. Students and faculty interested in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and management a
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19th IRDR Scientific Committee Meeting
19 April 2018
The 19th IRDR Scientific Committee Meeting was held in Beijing, April 15-16, 2018.The central focus of this meeting was related to IRDR Strategic Plan of Actions 2018-2020. With the feedback of UNISDR and ICSU (the co-sponsors) and the discussion of Scien
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Extend till 23 APR - Call for participation: 2018 AI-SOCD at Heat Stress
13 April 2018
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR) emphasizes managing the risk of small-scale and large-scale, frequent and infrequent, sudden and slow-onset disasters caused by natural or man-made hazards.One of the most concerned issues
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LIPI delegation visit IRDR
11 April 2018
LIPI (the Indonesian Institute of Sciences) delegation visited IRDR on April 10, 2018.In the meeting, Mr. HAN Qunli, the Executive Director of IRDR, welcomed Prof. Bambang Subiyanto, the Chairman of LIPI, and his delegation. Mr. Han made an introduction a
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2018 IRDR China Annual Meeting
28 March 2018
2018 IRDR China Annual Meeting was held on 27 March in Beijing. This meeting was chaired by Prof. GUO Huadong, the academician of Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) and the chair of IRDR China.The first session is the reports from CAST (donor of IRDR), IRDR
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MW2C@UKM Training Workshop on Disaster Resilient Cities
26 March 2018
Workshop: Malaysia Window to Cambridge at UKM (MW2C@UKM)Training Workshop on Disaster Resilient Cities: Advances in Meteorological Forecasting and Hazards AssessmentTime and Date:28-29 June 2018Location and Venue:Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaOrganizers:SEADPRI-U
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World Social Science Forum 2018 call for papers
19 March 2018
The International Social Science Council (ISSC) has launched a call for papers for the 2018 World Social Science Forum, which takes place between 25-28 September 2018 in Fukuoka, Japan. The theme is “Security and Equality for Sustainable Futures”. Th
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Call for participation: 2018 AI-SOCD at Heat Stress
19 March 2018
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (SFDRR) emphasizes managing the risk of small-scale and large-scale, frequent and infrequent, sudden and slow-onset disasters caused by natural or man-made hazards.One of the most concerned
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UNISDR Stakeholder Consultation Meeting 20-21 February 2018
22 February 2018
The Stakeholder Consultation Meeting of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction was held mainly by UNISDR on Feb 20-21, 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. Gordon McBean (ICSU president), Anne-Sophie Stevance(ICSU), Shuaib Lwasa(IRDR SC Chair), Rajib Sh
