The 4th Expert Meeting of the IRDR Working Group DATA (Disaster Loss Data) last 23-25 February in Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), in the Netherlands, resulted to the publication of Guidelines on Measuring Losses from Disasters: Human and Economic Impact Indicators. The publication was presented in the IRDR public forum event last 15 March …
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The JRC, a key partner in the IRDR Working Group DATA, has published a report on “Current Status and Best Practices for Disaster Loss Data recording in EU Member States“. This Science and Policy Report by the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission’s in house science service is a major contribution to and outcome of …
IRDR partner EU-JRC presents report on disaster loss dataRead More »
A Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC project (IRDR National Committee in Australia) is examining how educating children on how to be resilient in the face of a natural disaster can flow on to mobilising an entire community. Enabling kids to become active participants in disaster resilience and education programs could not only reduce their fears, …
Preparing children for disasters: a study by IRDR AustraliaRead More »
A webinar on Science and Technology (S&T) at the Third World Conference on DRR (3rd WCDRR) was held last 20 February in Paris, France which was chaired by IRDR Executive Director Rudiger Klein. The agenda included presentation from ICSU and IRDR, introduction to the S&T major group, its involvement in the preparatory phase, the overall …
ICSU and IRDR webinar on Science and Technology at 3rd WCDRRRead More »
On 19 February, the University of Potsdam and the German Committee for Disaster Reduction in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences released the project results from the research “Flood 2013” in Berlin, Germany. At the event, a practice-oriented synthesis report was summarized which was accompanied by a lecture and a poster exhibition showcasing current issues in …
IRDR Germany DKKV releases project results from flood prevention researchRead More »
Prof. Guo Huadong, Director General of the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences, the host institute of RADI, was awarded the Gold Medal of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS) at the recent 1st Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX) Conference, convened in Helsinki, Finland, on 10-13 February 2015. The Medal …
The International Council for Science (ICSU), on behalf of the Science & Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability, announced today the appointment of Paul Shrivastava as Executive Director of Future Earth. Currently he is the David O’Brien Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and the Director of the David O’Brien Centre for Sustainable Enterprise, at the John …
Paul Shrivastava named Executive Director of Future EarthRead More »
IRDR co-sponsors ICSU and ISSC have released a new report which provides an independent review of the 169 targets under the proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set to be approved at the UN General Assembly in September 2015. Bringing together the work of over 40 leading researchers from across the natural and social sciences, the …
The IRDR affiliated project “Coastal Cities at Risk”, supported by an alliance of Canadian research funders, hosted, jointly with the Adaptation for Climate Change Team (ACT) at Simon Fraser University, a workshop on Social Vulnerability from 4 to 6 February 2015. The workshop brought together researchers and research projects exploring various aspects of social vulnerability …
IRDR Affiliated Project on “Coastal Cities at Risk” holds social vulnerability workshopRead More »
The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) will launch a Challenge Fund on March 16, 2015, at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan. The Challenge Fund, through a small grant program, will seek to address challenges to accessing and using …