AFPCN (Association Française Pour la Prevention des Catastrophes Naturelles) functions as the IRDR National Committee for France. The AFPCN Working Group “Climate Change” continues its public engagement on topics raised by the 5th report of the IPCC,  with this workshop on “Certainties and uncertainties on climate change: after the 5th IPCC report”. With speakers such …

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IRDR SC member and  Director of the  Institute for Spatial Planning and Regional Development (University of Stuttgart) Jörn Birkmann will speak on global risk patterns and World Risk Index project in New York on 29  January 2015 within a High Level Event organized by the Ambassador of Germany and Indonesia to the United Nations. The …

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In preparation for the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is calling for the submission of good practices which highlight successful implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action and serve as evidence to support recommendations made for the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. …

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AFPCN (Scientific Council, Association Française Pour la Prevention des Catastrophes Naturelles (AFPCN)) functions as the IRDR National Committee for France. The AFPCN Working Group Social Networks, New Technologies and Risks, led by Rémy Bossu, secretary general of CSEM at the French Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, and Valérie November, Director of research …

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As part of the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Science Board (SC), IRDR SC member Omar Cardona participated in the SC board meeting from 19-20 January and attended the launch of the OpenQuake platform on January 21st in Pavia, Italy. The event, hosted by GEM Foundation featured demonstrations of OpenQuake applications and tools, and presentations on …

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The World Meteorological Organisations (WMO), its World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) and the Tropical Cyclone Programme (TCP) are convening the International Workshop on High Impact Weather Research in Ningbo, China, on 20-23 January 2015. The workshop is being organized by in cooperation with CMA’s State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather. The workshop will be a …

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The Tokyo Conference on International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience which took place Jan 14-16 was co-organized by IRDR, the Science Council of Japan (SCJ), the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and Tokyo University. His Imperial Highness, the Crown Prince of Japan, attended the opening ceremony of the three-day conference …

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Of the 13 candidates recommended by RADI to apply for the CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) in 2015, eight are successful, according a recent announcement of CAS. Of the awardees, five have won the support of the PIFI for Visiting Scientists and three for Postdoctoral Researchers. So far, more than 50 international scholars have …

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IRDR, jointly with Science Council Japan, the National Committee IRDR-Japan, the University of Tokyo and UNISDR, are co-sponsors of the “The Tokyo Conference on International Study for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience”, on 14-16 January 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. The 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (3rd WCDRR) will be held in Sendai, Japan …

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