Call for Application: International Training Workshop on Integrated Risk Assessment Methods Using Spatial and Social Vulnerability Data for Disaster Risk Reduction Digital Belt and Road Initiative (DBAR) – Disaster Theme (11th December– 15th December, 2017)

I．Background and Objectives In response to the needs of developing countries along Belt and Road in disaster risk reduction to tackle the natural and human-induced environmental disaster, “Digital Belt and Road” Initiative (DBAR), jointly with Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) International Programme Office (IPO), IRDR China National Committee (IRDR CHINA), Institute of Remote Sensing …

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IRDR’s Science Committee Member and Co-Chair for RIA Dr Bapon (Shm) Fakhruddin Took Centre Stage at the Pacific Meteorology Council and Emphasized End-to-End Impact Based Early Warning System for Risk Communication and Interpretation

Better community engagement of at-risk communities, with a particular focus on the disabled, was up for discussion at the Fourth Pacific Meteorological Council and second Pacific Meteorological Ministers Meeting (PMMM) held in Honiara, Solomon Islands. IRDR’s Science Committee Member and Co-Chair for RIA Dr Bapon (Shm) Fakhruddin, currently working in Tonkin + Taylor International in …

IRDR’s Science Committee Member and Co-Chair for RIA Dr Bapon (Shm) Fakhruddin Took Centre Stage at the Pacific Meteorology Council and Emphasized End-to-End Impact Based Early Warning System for Risk Communication and InterpretationRead More »

Professor Rajib Shaw, Ex-IRDR Executive Director and advisor to IRDR IPO visited Dr. Amod Dixit, Executive Director of ICoE NSET along with three IRDR young scientists

On August 10th, Professor Rajib Shaw, Ex-IRDR Executive Director and advisor to IRDR IPO visited Dr. Amod Dixit, Executive Director of ICoE NSET (National Society for Earthquake Technology) Nepal along with three IRDR young scientists: Dr. Basanta Adhikari, Mr. Suraj Gautam, both from Tribhuvan University, Nepal and Dr. Glenn Fernandez of Kyoto University, Japan. They …

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IRDR ICoE-REaL delivered quarterly report and indicated the consortium’s reach and influence from ‘local to global’

This report describes the progress of the Periperi U Consortium of Universities from 01 April – 30 June 2017, as required in terms of USAID Agreement AID-OFDA-G-16-00115. It describes the consortium’s progress with specific reference to the eight key focus areas of the Periperi U programme. These eight key focus areas fall within two sub-sectors, …

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IRDR Young scientists in São Paulo Brazil

From July 3 to 15 Ximena Roncancio (Colombia) Armand Kablam (Cote D ‘Ivoire) Khalid Bahaudin (Bangladesh) and Antonethe Castaneda (Guatemala), members of Young scientists of IRDR participated in  São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Climate Change: Scientific basis, adaptation, vulnerability and mitigation. Credits: Young Scientists of IRDR   SPSAS CLIMATE CHANGE The School aims …

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Prof. Rajib Shaw and Prof. Ailsa Holloway are comfirmed as UNISDR STAG new members

UNISDR recently announced 21 new members as the Science and Technology Advisory Group (STAG) representing institutions and organizations, geographic regions, types of hazards, DRR disciplines, and stakeholders. IRDR ex-Executive Director Prof. Rajib Shaw and ICoE-REaL coordinator Prof. Ailsa Holloway are the new STAG members, among others. The purpose of the UNISDR Scientific and Technical Advisory …

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Call for application– Training Workshop on Geohazards and Disaster Risk Reduction: Communicating with Stakeholders

The inaugural Malaysia Window to Cambridge at Univerisiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (MW2C@UKM) training workshop on “Geohazards and Disaster Risk Reduction: Communicating with Stakeholders” will be held in conjunction with the National Geoscience Conference 2017 (NGC 2017) organised by the Geological Society of Malaysia at Oct 10th-12th, 2017. The Centre for Southeast Asia Disaster Prevention Research Initiative …

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Vote for IRDR young scientists’ entry in international competition

The Best Climate Practices Observatory  is a project of the International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG). ICCG is a joint initiative of Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Fondazione Giorgio Cini. In the effort to harness the collective brilliance and promote a wide range of valuable proposals, every year the Best Climate Practices observatory invites …

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IRDR Young Scientists joining Croucher Summer Course of IRDR ICoE-CCOUC in HK

Since 2013, CCOUC, with the generous support from the Croucher Foundation, has been organizing biennial research methodology training in the field of disaster and humanitarian crisis. This year, the 3rd cohort of the Croucher Summer Course on Research Methodology for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response was held on 3-7 July 2017 in HONG KONG. It …

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