The Outcomes Report of the 5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2014 which was held from 24 -28 August in Davos, Switzerland is now available for download and consists of two major parts. Download the report Part I provides a summary of the findings of the post-conference expert workshop with focus on science …
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An interdisciplinary international workshop on “Risk Information Management, Risk Models and Applications” was held in Berlin, Germany, on 17-18 November 2014. The German National Committee for the ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology in cooperation with the German Cartographic Society Commission on “Risks, Disaster, Security”, the UISDR Network on Information and Knowledge Management …
CODATA co-hosted workshop on risk information managementRead More »
IRDR Chair David Johnston from Massey University partnered with the recently funded project-cluster E3S. “Extreme Events and Environments: from climate to society” received Fast Track funding through a Future Earth funding stream and is coordinated by Markus Reichstein from Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany. The cluster seeks to mobilise the different Global Environmental Change …
IRDR Chair in new project on Extreme Events and EnvironmentsRead More »
IRDR’s International Centre of Excellence for Risk Education and Learning, the Partners Enhancing Resilience for People Exposed to Risks (Periperi U) Consortium formally launched the new version of Periperi U website to allow for a more interactive and user friendly platform to advertise the partnerships’ activities and accomplishments. Periperi U is a partnership of African …
Co-hosted by UNGRD, which functions as IRDR National Committee for Colombia, on 24-26 November 2014, this 2nd forum of REDULAC created a space for Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) in Latin America and the Caribbean to showcase their contributions to knowledge of disaster risk reduction and DRR management practices. Some 150 delegates from 20 countries …
The 2014 GeoRisk conference, convened on 18-21 November 2014 at Observatorio Geofisico Central at Madrid, explored the essential knowledge-base on Geophysical Risks needed scientists, administrators, politicians, economists, emergency managers, citizens, for sustainable development and for preparedness and emergency management in future crises. Based from the statement objective, there is a growing need to combine natural …
ICSU has launched a new research programme on Urban Health and Wellbeing that will be hosted at the Institute of Urban Environment (IUE) in the city of Xiamen in southern China. The Urban Health programme is a 10-year interdisciplinary research effort whose overall aim is to generate policy-relevant knowledge that will improve health status, reduce …
A conference organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Geneva has agreed a multi-partner action plan to reinforce the role of women in developing and using weather and climate services for the benefit of the entire community. The Conference on Gender Dimensions of Weather and Climate Services, held from 5-7 November, considered how to …
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Following the Central American Workshop on Natural Hazards, and volcanic, seismic and hydrometeorological risks, supported by a number of regional science organisations and ICSU-ROLAC, and held at Carrillo-Guanacaste, in Costa Rica, on 19-20 November 2014, the Steering Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction of ICSU’s regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean met on 21 …
ICSU ROLAC Steering Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction discusses strategyRead More »
The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) convened the Tenth Multihazard International Symposium at University of Chile in Santiago de Chile on 18-20 November 2014. Presentations at the event argued, along the lines of the research pursued under IRDR, that the concept of disaster as a natural threat must be replaced by a more complex …
Multi-hazard Symposium of APRU hears IRDR speakersRead More »