The 5th Digital Earth Summit was successfully held in Nagoya, Japan from 9-11 November 2014. Hosted by the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) and organized by the Chubu University, Japan, the event gathered more than 100 participants from 22 countries. Eight parallel sessions were organized under the theme “Digital Earth for Education for Sustainable …
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The ICSU Regional Office for Latin American and the Caribbean (ROLAC) is conducting its Steering Committee Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction on 21 November, in parallel with the Workshop “Natural disasters and volcanic, seismic and hydro- meteorological hazards” organized by FELASOFI in San Jose de Costa Rica from 19-21 November 2014. The Steering Committee Meeting …
ICSU ROLAC to conduct Steering Committee Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction in Costa RicaRead More »
The “FORIN Assessment, Revision and Update Workshop” was recently concluded in Paris, France last 12 November resulting to a more focused outline with intersecting and cross-cutting themes for (Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN) 2.0. Led by IRDR SC Member and FORIN Chair Anthony Oliver-Smith, the workshop involved discussions on FORIN concepts and perspectives and assessment …
FORIN Assessment, Revision and Update Workshop concludes with FORIN 2.0 outlineRead More »
Early Career Scientists are invited to submit applications to participate in next year’s Future Earth Young Scientist Networking Conference on Integrated Science. The Future Earth Young Scientists Networking Conference on Integrated Science discussing the theme of “Future Sustainability — the role of Science in the SDGs” will take place at Villa Vigoni, the German-Italian Centre …
ISSC Call for Applications – Future Earth Young Scientist Networking Conference 2015Read More »
The 2nd International UGEC Conference on Urban Transitions and Transformations: Science, Synthesis and Policy” last 6-8 November concluded with forward-looking approaches to new research directions, new collaborations and generation of knowledge in understanding the links between urbanization and global environmental change. Organized by the Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC) and the National Taipei University, …
The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from qualified practitioners and professionals. Position Title: Department Head, Disaster Risk Assessment and Monitoring (DRAM) The Department Head-DRAM reports to the Director in charge of the department and is a member of the Executive Committee of ADPC. He/She will be responsible …
ADPC Career Opportunity: Department Head of Disaster Risk Assessment and MonitoringRead More »
IRDR’s National Committee in Germany (Deutsches Komitee Katastrophenvorsorge e.V. – DKKV) convened the 14th German National Forum on Disaster Preparedness and Prevention on 4-5 November 2014 at Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ, Leipzig. Under the heading “Akteure verbinden, Lösungen finden: Katastrophenvorsorge im Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis”, a number of topical issues were discussed with closer …
German IRDR National Committee convenes workshop on DRR between science and practiceRead More »
IRDR’s National Committee in France, AFPCN (Association Française Pour la Prevention des Catastrophes Naturelles or AFPCN), together with the Institut pour la Maitrise des Risques organized a workshop at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers in Paris under the title “La détection de signes précurseurs : le rôle des lanceurs d’alerte” last 4 November 2014. …
“The role of early warning systems”, a workshop of IRDR’s French National CommitteeRead More »
The International Conference on Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability (SciDataCon) is motivated by the conviction that the most significant research challenges – and in particular the pressing issues relating to global sustainability – cannot be properly addressed without due attention to various issues relating to data. The Committee on Data for Science and …
The 5th IDRIM Conference in 2014 highlighted opportunities to reduce risks in the long term, through both science and technology investment and insights and by changing political will and societal behaviour. The conference was hosted by the Western University, in London, Ontario, Canada from 30 October to 1 November 2014. The theme of the conference …
Integrated Disaster Risk Management Conference in CanadaRead More »