Reported by: S.H.M. Fakhruddin, Science Committee Member, IRDR The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) in collaboration with “Strengthening Household Abilities to Responds to Development Opportunity” project or SHOUHARDO-II of CARE Bangladesh and USAID provided technical support to operationalize a 10-day flood forecast system in Bangladesh, a unique project of Flood Forecasting and Warning …

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Twenty talented early career scientists were selected as World Social Science Fellows to take part in the second in a series on Sustainable Urbanisation in Taipei, Taiwan from 2 to 8 November 2014. The seminar is being organised by the ISSC in collaboration with the IRDR-ICoE, Academia Sinica and National Taipei University, in partnership with …

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Science is a driving force behind international disaster risk reduction (DRR) and is prominent in a preliminary blueprint for a future framework, says a member of the team leading the process. The ten-year global plan that sets out how various sectors can work to reduce losses from disasters, known as the Hyogo Framework for Action …

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The Coastal Cities at Risk (CCaR) Project, organized a seminar-workshop entitled, “Coastal Cities at Risk Research Project: Building Strategic Alliances for Resilience with Local Government Units in Metro Manila” on 12 September 2014. Hosted by the Manila Observatory (MO) and the Livable Cities, Sustainable Communities Research Program of the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU), this …

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The world is changing rapidly. Globalization offers endless economic opportunities, but also has costs. Unsustainable land use and biodiversity loss are happening at an unprecedented speed. Global warming has seen a rise in temperature of about 0.8°C in the past century (with about two-thirds of this increase occurring since 1980), leading to greater environmental and …

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The “chronic underestimation” of New Zealand’s flood risk and the long-term economic impacts of the Christchurch earthquakes will be among the many topics discussed at an international natural hazards conference in Wellington this week. The Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference, taking place at Te Papa on 23-24 September, will attract more than 200 scientists, emergency …

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Young researchers helped shape science policy in developing nations, with a number of them contributing to the UN’s recent prototype Global Sustainable Development Report — a planned one-stop shop for science advice. The present prototype global sustainable development report is the result of a collaborative effort of more than two thousand scientists and 50 staff …

Young researchers helped to produce science digests in a prototype UN reportRead More »

Jointly organized by the Institute of Physical and Technical Problems and Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (IPTPMS, NAS/KR), the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences (RADI/CAS), and the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE), the 2nd International Symposium on Earth Observation for Arid and Semi-arid …

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S.H.M. Fakhruddin, member of the IRDR Science Committee, shared his recent experience working in Pakistan on climate risk management assessment and training program for the government officials. Fakhruddin worked in the country in 2009-2010. Based from his assessment, he outlined recommendations which included strengthening the flood forecasting and warning system with longer lead time and …

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The 2nd Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, organised by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the South Sinai Governorate and the League of Arab States convened in Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) from 14-16 September, 2014 and brought together national delegations from 19 Arab States and …

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