The work of Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk Research (LODGD) task group of CODATA is an increasingly important activity linking four global milestones – the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), Paris Agreement for Climate Change and the New Urban Agenda (NUA)-Habitat III. The Sendai Framework recognises this …
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The Herrenhausen Conference “Extreme Events: Building Climate Resilient Societies” will take place in Hanover, Germany, on October 9-11, 2019. Registration is open now! The overall objective of the conference is to elucidate the relations between climate extremes, societal resilience, and sustainable development goals. Development and transformation for achieving the SDGs can be severely threatened by catastrophic events triggered …
Click here for Survey! The impacts and damages caused by natural hazards are still enormous. While various disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures have been taken for many years, the application of science, technology and innovations are required more than ever to develop and implement further effective and evidence-based approach. The APRU (Association of Pacific Rim …
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At the 3rd Huangshan Dialogue on UNESCO Sites and Sustainable Development, UNESCO HIST and IRDR co-organised the session Disaster Risk Assessment and Mitigation for UNESCO Sites. The session was chaired by Dr. Hans Thulstrup, the Senior Programme Specialist of Water and Environment Sciences of UNESCO Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. The session …
IRDR ICoE in Resilient Communities and Settlements (RCS) was formally inaugurated this week at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur. The center was inaugurated at the hands of Dr. Padole, Director, VNIT Nagpur in the presence of other eminent faculty members and Deans. The center at VNIT is hosted by Department of Architectire and …
IRDR ICoE in Resilient Communities and Settlements (RCS) Was Formally InauguratedRead More »
IRDR young scientist Dr. Basanta Raj Adhikari has been nominated for “Young Affiliates” by the The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for 5 years. He has received this award in the 28th TWAS annual meeting from Prof. Dr. Bai Chunli, President, TWAS held in Trieste, Italy. He received this prestigious award for his outstanding contribution …
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Call for participation: International Symposium on “Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development”
International Symposium on “Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development” from 7 -8 March, 2019 , which IRDR is one of the network partners, scheduled to be held at Asian Institute of Technology, THAILAND [www.disaster-sustainability.org]. The Sendai Framework Agenda for 2030 calls to increase awareness on disaster risk reduction and resilience and implement policies to prevent new risks. The unique amalgamation …
Session:Disaster Risk Reduction for Hydro-geo Hazards in the Region of Silk Road Session No: NH9.3/GI2.6 Abstract submission: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2019/session/31465 Submission deadline: 10 January 2019, 13:00 CET Convener: Peng Cui (Academician of CAS, IRDR SC member) Co-conveners: Alessandro Pasuto(National Research Council – Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, Italy), Yu Lei (Institute of Mountain Hazards and Enviornment of CAS, IRDR Young Scientist), Fang Lian …
Call for abstracts: IRDR Flagship Project-SiDRR session on 2019 EGU GARead More »
IRDR young scientist Paul Muñoz from Universidad de Cuenca of Ecuador pulished his first result of his project with his colleagues on the flash-flood forecasting. Citation: Muñoz, Paul; Orellana-Alvear, Johanna; Willems, Patrick; Célleri, Rolando. 2018. “Flash-Flood Forecasting in an Andean Mountain Catchment—Development of a Step-Wise Methodology Based on the Random Forest Algorithm.” Water 10, no. 11: 1519. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10111519 Flash-flood forecasting has …
The Regional Workshop on SETI in DRR in Asia and the Pacific with the theme of “Strengthening, Empowering, and Mobilizing Youth and Young Professionals in SETI for DRR” was mainly held by UNESCO, LIPI (IRDR NC Indonesia) and UNISDR in Serpong on 1-4 November 2018. This workshop is the essential compentent of the Indonesia Science …
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