The Australian Academy of Science invites applications from Australian researchers for the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASIPIRE) award for 2015. The theme for this year’s award is Disaster risk reduction: Understanding the role of climate change and variability. Relevant subjects may include (but are not limited to) sustainable development, environmental studies, ecology, …
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The IRDR International Centre of Excellence on Understanding Risk and Safety, based at the Institute of Environmental Studies of National University of Colombia at Manizales, and led by IRDR SC member Omar Dario Cardona, is organizing the “Interdisciplinary Symposium on Adaptation and the Local Disaster Risk Management: The State-of-the-Art, the Practice of Management and the …
The 2015 ICLEI World Congress was held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 8-12 April 2015. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is the world’s leading network of 12 mega-cities, 100 super-cities and urban regions, 450 large cities, and 450 small and medium-sized cities and towns in 84 countries. The congress aimed to offer “practical …
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Pan-Asia Risk Reduction (PARR) Fellowship Program, an IRDR partner in Asia, presents its work in a new brochure. The PARR Fellowship Program, which is managed with support from IRDR partner START, offers unique research, training and educational opportunities to Asian researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to enhance their capabilities for advancing and applying knowledge on …
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The first Research Advisory Forum (RAF) of Bushfire & Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre (BNH CRC) for 2015 was held at NSW Rural Fire Service Headquarters on the 8 – 9 April 2015 and focused on the Resilience and Policy themes of the research program. BNH CRC serves as the IRDR National Committee in Australia …
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The chair of the consortium on hazards and disasters, affiliated with the ICSU Regional Office for Africa (ICSU-ROA), Prof. Genene Mulugeta, currently based in Sweden, had prepared a report, on occasion of the 3rd World Conference on DRR, on the consortium’s plans and ongoing activities. See SAUNET ICSU ROA Consortium Report. The consortium is a …
A publication launched at the 2014 COP 20 in Lima, Peru, by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and partners, highlights the value and vulnerability of the world’s mountain regions, and makes recommendations for sustainable mountain development in the face of climate change. Mountains and Climate Change – A Global Concern provides a synthesis …
The Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI) has launched its first newsletter to keep readers updated on what’s going on in the world of open data and innovation relating to disaster risk. The newsletter will feature curated news and events, as well as original tech notes from members of the OpenDRI community. To subscribe, click …
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The following blog is from Kelvin Berryman, Director of the Natural Hazards Research Platform and Principal Scientist of GNS Science who shares his reflections from the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. The Natural Hazards Platform is an IRDR National Committee in New Zealand. While writing this, the negotiation for the Sendai Framework …
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The fifth European Union Loss data working group workshop took place on 30 and 31 March in Ispra, Italy. The workshop gathered 30 experts from 11 European Member States (MS). The workshop discussed the challenges set forward by the new European Union Civil Protection Legislation and the recently adopted Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. …