From March 14 to 18, the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) was held in Sendai, Japan, with 6,500 delegates from 187 countries, 42 intergovernmental organizations, 236 non-government organizations, and 38 UN entities. The conference consisted of the plenary session, ministerial roundtable, high level partnership dialogues, and over 30 working sessions. On …
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A review and synthesis paper of the basic knowledge of natural hazards, vulnerabilities, and disaster risks, which aims to highlight potential contributions of science to disaster risk reduction, has been released on the occasion of the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai. Disasters related to natural events continue to grow in number, intensity …
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The Second Meeting of the Expert Group on Disaster-related Statistics in Asia and the Pacific took place on Tuesday, 17 March 2015 as a side event during 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. The meeting continued the discussion related to developing a basic range of disaster statistics in Asia Pacific as well as …
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The field of earthquake science and engineering has matured enormously in the past 100 years, but there remain large gaps in fundamental knowledge. The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) aims to effectively contribute to enable commitments to disaster risk reduction under the proposed HFA2 by providing communities and organizations with state-of-the-art tools and data, technology transfer …
IRDR Shuaib Lwasa presenting IRDR publication: Guide to Assessing Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (AIRDR Publication 1) IRDR Science Committee Member Shuaib Lwasa gave a presentation on Science and Practical DRR – role of universities/academia during the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Public Forum (WCDRR Public Forum) last 17 March in Tohoku University, …
Representatives from 187 UN member States today adopted the first major agreement of the Post-2015 development agenda, a far reaching new framework for disaster risk reduction with seven targets and four priorities for action. As the organizing partner of the Science and Technology Major Group, the International Council for Science welcomes the strong recognition of …
(Sendai, Japan, 17 March 2015) Former member of the IRDR Science Committee (SC), Prof. Allan Lavell, was tonight announced the winner of the 2015 United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Sasakawa Award is awarded to individuals or organisations nominated by their peers for demonstrating excellence in reducing disaster risk for a safer, …
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On the third day of the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, David Johnston, chair of the IRDR Science Committee, delivered the official statement of the Science and Technology Major Group to the conference. In it, the community acknowledges the strong call in the draft of the new framework for science to …
IRDR’s Djillali Benouar gave a presentation on “African Higher Education Institutions in Advancing Disaster Risk Reduction: A model for post-2015 capacity-building” during the IGNITE Stage Multi-Stakeholder Segment of the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan. The event was held last 15 March and was jointly organised by University of Science & …
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Day two of the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan featured a working session on how to apply science and technology to disaster risk reduction decision-making. The session – which drew around 350 participants – was chaired by Carlos Nobre, Director, Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (CEMADEN) and …
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