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IRDR names Qunli Han as new Executive Director

<p>On 25 September, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) announced Mr Qunli Han as its new Executive Director. Before joining IRDR, Qunli was the Secretary of the UNESCO’s<a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/man-and-biosphere-programme/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme</a> and the Director of the <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/about-us/who-we-are/whos-who/division-of-ecological-and-earth-sciences/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences</a> of UNESCO.</p>

26.09.2017

Deadly Landslides in Africa: Time for Action

<p>The International Council for Science Regional Office for Africa (ICSU-ROA) and the whole geohazard team would like to express its deep sorrow to the people affected by the recent deadly landslides in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).</p>

13.09.2017

Early career scientists gather for LIRA trans-disciplinary workshop in Uganda

<p>As part of the 5-year “Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa” programme, 31 representatives of the successful pre-proposals attended a 5-day training workshop on trans-disciplinary (TD) research, which took place on 28 August – 1 September 2017 at the Makarere University, Kampala, Uganda.</p>

04.09.2017

Focus on Interactions: Second Nexus Conference Announced for 2018

<p><a href="http://waterinstitute.unc.edu/">The Water Institute</a> at the University of North Carolina has announced that the second Nexus Conference on the theme of Water, Food, Energy and Climate will take place 16-18 April 2018 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</p>

01.08.2017

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