“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (The Brundtland Report 1987). Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland has been a global leader in promoting sustainable development for the benefit of humanity for more than 30 years. She was awarded the 2014 …
Under 40 female researchers can apply for Gro Brundtland AwardRead More »
Announcing the Fourth International Symposium of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA-IV) titled: “Influence of short and long term solar variability on climate” in Hurghada, Egypt, from 20 to 24 March 2016. The aim of the Fourth Symposium is to generate and maintain momentum by bringing together communities interested in solar-terrestrial relations and …
4th International Symposium on solar variability and climateRead More »
IRDR’s International Programme Office (IPO) is located at the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing, China. It is the focal point for the coordination and promotion of the IRDR programme. Led by an Executive Director, the IPO has two supporting scientific/technical staff (Science Officer, Communications Officer,) …
IRDR is recruiting communication and science officers!Read More »
Just in time for the ratification of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SC member Mark Pelling (of King’s College London) and Lucy Pearson (of the Global Network of Civil Society Organizations for Disaster Reduction – GNDR) released a new publication in the Journal of Extreme Events on the 9th of September. The UN Sendai Framework …
All those involved in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (e.g., the science and technology community, policy makers, practitioners and researchers from all geographical regions at local, national, regional and international levels) are invited to submit abstracts for posters for the UNISDR Science and Technology Conference on the implementation of …
31 October deadline for Poster Abstracts – ISDR S & T ConferenceRead More »
This week both US Carolina States experienced one of the most intense and long-lasting rainstorms in recorded history causing widespread and dangerous flooding. IRDR’s ICoE-VaRM, led by former IRDR SC member Susan Cutter, based at the University of South Carolina in Columbia (the epicenter of the emergency) sprang into action immediately supporting South Carolina’s Emergency …
ICoE for Vulnerability & Resilience Metrics responds to floodingRead More »
ANIE – the African Network for the Internationalization of Education – convenes their conference October 7-9th in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The 6th ANIE conference is co-organized by Periperi U (IRDR ICoE-REaL based at Stellenbosch University in South Africa); this year it focuses on the role of higher education in advancing the MDGs and SDGs. The …
Periperi U leads DRR in higher education session at ANIE conferenceRead More »
“Risk Reduction Status of Homes Reconstructed Following Wildfire Disasters in Canada” is a new report from Alan Westhaver and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the first study released since ICLR was selected as an IRDR ICoE for Disaster Resilient Homes, Buildings, and Public Infrastructure (DRHBPI). The study on wildfire risk is the …
New IcoE report: FireSmart guidelines for Canada’s wildfiresRead More »
This issue of the IRDR newsletter leads off with a review of the 4+2 formula and highlights IRDR family activities that support the 4+2 formula from May through August. It also covers activities of Scientific Committee (SC) members, IRDR Working Groups, International Centres of Excellence (ICoEs), National Committees (NCs) as well as IRDR’s co-sponsors and …
Newly released IRDR newsletter foregrounds activities supporting the Sendai FrameworkRead More »
At the culmination of July’s Our Common Future Under Climate Change (CFCC15) (see IRDR July 10 news) conference which convened close to 2000 academics from almost 100 countries, an outcome statement was issued that explains that “to limit warming to 2°C, emissions must be zero or even negative by the end of the 21st century.” Institutions …
Sign on to the Our Common Future Conference Outcome StatementRead More »