BEIJING— Bill Nicol, independent management strategist and former senior adviser to the Indonesian Government’s 2004 tsunami reconstruction efforts, will give a keynote speech at the Integrated Research and Disaster Risk (IRDR) Conference 2014 in Beijing, China from June 7-9, 2014. Nicol will present on “The Politics of Disaster Recovery”. Nicol oversaw the recovery of …
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On 31 March 2014, the International Social Science Council (ISSC) launched a new global research funding programme called Transformations to Sustainability. The Transformations to Sustainability programme aims to build scientific understanding of transformative social change in the face of global change and sustainability. More specifically, the programme seeks to: Increase the social science contributions necessary to …
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In an effort to better understand how the ISDR Asian Partnership on Disaster Reduction (IAP) Stakeholders Group on Science, Academia and Research can benefit the Asia-Pacific region, we would appreciate if you would take a few minutes to answer this short questionnaire of seven questions. The questionnaire closes on Friday, 4 April 2014, on or before midnight (Beijing time) CLICK HERE …
The International Society for Digital Earth will be hosting the 5th Digital Earth Summit under the theme “Digital Earth for ESD” from 9 – 11 November 2014 in Nagoya, Japan. This planned Digital Earth Summit will focus on how Digital Earth technologies and activities have contributed or will contribute to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Digital Earth …
The Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme has recently published its Peril Classification and Hazard Glossary, which summarises the agreement on peril classifications and hazard definitions by members of the IRDR Disaster Loss Data (DATA) Project Working Group. This new and revised framework is implementable by loss databases with either a high level of …
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BEIJING— Senator Loren Legarda, renowned legislator from the Philippines, TV news personality and an accomplished environmentalist, will be a keynote speaker at the Integrated Research and Disaster Risk (IRDR) Conference 2014 in Beijing, China from June 7-9, 2014. Legarda will address this year’s theme “Integrated Disaster Risk Science: A Tool for Sustainability”, along with …
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In an effort to better understand how the ISDR Asian Partnership on Disaster Reduction (IAP) Stakeholders Group on Science, Academia and Research can benefit the Asia-Pacific region, we would appreciate if you would take a few minutes to answer this questionnaire of just seven questions. Here are the questions. Please provide your name, organisation and contact email. Are you …
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2nd International Training Workshop on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation (03-13 June, 2014) I．Background and Objectives CAS-TWAS Centre of Excellence on Space Technology for Disaster Mitigation (SDIM) is formally established in 2013, jointly sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and hosted by the Institute of …
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From 24-25 February 2014, the Institute of Geography of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, will host an international seminar on Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN). This seminar is the follow-up to the International Workshop on FORIN Associated with Landslides, which was held from 24 June to 5 July 2013. Click …
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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: PROGRAMME COORDINATOR: TRANSFORMATIONS TO SUSTAINABILITY The Transformations to Sustainability Programme is a new international research funding and coordination programme on global change and sustainability. Its overall objective is to increase the social science contributions necessary to craft more effective, equitable and sustainable responses to the problems of global change. The ISSC is …