The 7th Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference 2014 provides a forum to discuss the integration of hazard information into effective risk management, including: Applying hazard information to best practice planning, Developing effective warning systems, Improving response and recovery from events, Creating resilient communities through integrating science into practice. Target audience are: emergency managers, planners, risk …
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“Integrative Risk Management – The role of science, technology & practice” 24 – 28 August 2014 | Davos, Switzerland The International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos 2014 is organised by GRF Davos in close cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). IDRC Davos 2014 attempts to find solutions to today’s …
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ICSU announced, on behalf of the members of the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability (“the Alliance”), the preferred secretariat structure that has emerged from a global bidding process. Future Earth will be managed through a secretariat with five hubs located in Canada, France, Japan, Sweden and the U.S. Yuan-Tseh Lee, President of the …
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Jointly with UN-DE SA and UNEP, ICSU organised a side event entitled “Strengthening science-policy links for reviewing progress on sustainable development” at this week’s meeting of the High-Level Political Forum in New York. Chaired by ICSU President-elect Gordon McBean, the event focused on how policymakers can better collaborate with science to support the effective implementation …
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Disaster Management Institute of Southern Africa (DMISA) Conference in partnership with Dealing with Disasters (DwD) 2014 17th – 18th September, 2014, Sibaya – Imbizo Conference Centre, Umhlanga Rocks, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KZN Province, South Africa Theme: ‘Building Disaster Resilience is Everybody’s Business’ The Annual Conference of the Institute is the biggest Disaster Management Conference in …
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After Washington DC (USA) in 2010 and Cape Town (South Africa) in 2012, it was London’s turn to host the 2014 “Understanding Risk” (UR) Conference and Forum. UR 2014 saw 800 registrations of experts and practitioners in various areas of disaster risk assessment. The conference and forum are prime events for knowledge sharing, community building …
The Director-General of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), David Molden, led a five-member delegation which was received by RADI Director-General Prof. GUO Huadong on 23 June 2014. In his welcome note Prof. GUO emphasised potential fields of cooperation, while RADI researcher Prof. WANG Changlin gave an overview over RADI’s scientific research, big …
The International Seminar on Forensic Disaster Investigations (FORIN) was co-sponsored by IRDR; the International Consortium of Landslides (ICL); International Geographical Union; Mexican Academy of Sciences; the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and ICSU ROLAC. It was held on 24-25 February 2014 at the Institute of Geography, UNAM, Mexico City. The event aimed to examine …
The co-sponsors of the IRDR, the global progamme on Integrated Research on Disaster Risk – ICSU, ISSC and UNISDR – are pleased to announce the appointment of a new Executive Director, Dr Rüdiger Klein. He is a German national, who is currently based in Amsterdam. Before joining the programme, Dr Klein was at the Royal …
Convened by CODATA and co-sponsored by a number of important international organisations including the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), the International Workshop on Big Data for International Scientific Programmes took place on 8-9 June in Beijing. The workshop was designed to provide a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges of ‘Big Data’ for international …