The ICoE’s “Resilience Toolbox” website has been developed for the public, community and private sectors to collaborate on tools that engage, empower and enhance the resilience of communities in the face of turbulent change. One of the biggest challenges for practitioners and researchers working in the field of resilience is developing a set of meaningful …
IRDR ICoE Wellington “Resilience Tool Box” accessible onlineRead More »
Lindsey Jones (ODI) and Nicola Ranger (DFID) reviewed the findings of a study on climate change planning and grappled with the ethics around providing climate information to Africa decision makers. How is climate change being factored into long-term investments and planning decisions in Africa? This was one of the key questions asked of a 12-month …
UKCDS published blog on the ethics of long-term climate researchRead More »
In 2014, AFPCN, which functions as IRDR France, joined a EU funded project ECOSTRESS (Ecological Coastal Strategies and Tools for Resilient European Societies). DG ECHO of the European Commission is providing seventy-five percent (75%) of the funding for this two-year project. ECOSTRESS is exploring integrated risk prevention and risk management strategies for coastal regions. These …
IRDR France (AFPCN) in EU project on resilient coastsRead More »
The BNHCRC funded project on “Scientific Diversity, Scientific Uncertainty and Risk Mitigation Policy and Planning” recently published a substantial report. The report by Josh Wodak of the Institute of Culture and Society at the University of Western Sydney, NSW, constitutes one of the first stages of the project. The Scientific Diversity, Scientific Uncertainty and Risk …
BNHCRC (IRDR Australia) report on scientific diversity and uncertaintyRead More »
Early career scientists discuss their perspective on a greener economy. A brief video from the 2014 Future Earth Young Scientists’ Networking Conference at Villa Vigoni, Italy. From 25-31 May, 30 young scientists from across the disciplines met at Villa Vigoni, the German Italian Centre for European Excellence in Menaggio, Italy, to work on their vision …
The first “Science Advice to Governments” conference took place in Auckland, New Zealand, on 28-29 August 2014. The meeting was co-hosted by the Office of Sir Peter Gluckman, Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand and the International Council for Science (ICSU). The presence of many of leading scientists and policy-leaders from …
Synthesis Report of 1st “Science Advice to Governments” ConferenceRead More »
Two upcoming webinars of the Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction Project are scheduled on 15 and 18 December 2014. The webinars are supported by START – Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training and IRDR – Integrated Research on Disaster Risk. WEBINAR 1: VICTOR OKORIE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2014, 10 AM EDT (US EAST, …
RIA Fellows webinars on indigenous knowledge and DRRRead More »
The 2014 Academic Conference of RADI convened in Beijing on 9 December and was attended by more than 500 researchers. Under the theme of “Remote Sensing and Digital Earth: Ushering in an Age of Taking the Lead” the conference served as platform for academic exchanges through a wide range of presentations, showcasing the state-of-the-art developments …
Brussels’ Palais Egmont witnessed, on 4-5 December 2014, a unique conference in this period of intense preparations for the post-2015 framework for DRR: policy makers and government representatives, incl. local administrations, agencies, associations, civil protection professionals and stakeholders, focused for two days on the role of people with disabilities in disaster risk reduction. Organised by …
The final report of the IUPsyS-led capacity building workshop on psychological intervention after disasters that was held in Mianyang China in December 2014 is now published on the IUPsyS website. It is also available for download from the link given below. The workshop was mainly sponsored by the Jacobs Foundation, with additional support from the …