IRDR host organisation in major merger
<p>Beijing’s <a href="http://english.ceode.cas.cn/new/">Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth</a> has merged with the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications.</p>
16.01.2013
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IRDR Scientific Committee gets new Chair
<p>New Zealander Prof. David Johnston takes over as Chair of IRDR Scientific Committee, replacing Dr. Sálvano Briceño.</p>
04.01.2013
China to host new international disaster research programme
<p>The International Council for Science (ICSU) today announced that China will host the office of the new international programme, <a href="http://www.irdrinternational.org">Integrated Research on Disaster Risk</a> (IRDR). The International Programme Office for IRDR will be established in Beijing at the Headquarters of the <a href="http://english.ceode.cas.cn/new/">Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth</a> (CEODE)—the first time an international office of this type has been hosted in Asia.</p>
13.11.2009
International Council for Science (ICSU) launches major research programme on natural disasters
<p>In response to the urgent need to reduce the impacts of natural disasters, the International Council for Science (ICSU) has launched a new, 10-year, international research programme designed to address the gaps in the knowledge and methods that are preventing the effective application of science to averting disasters and reducing risk. The programme was announced today at the 29th ICSU General Assembly in Maputo, Mozambique.</p>
22.10.2008
ICSU hosts conference on hazards and disasters
<p>Building on an initiative launched last year, the International Council for Science (ICSU) today held its first conference on environmental hazards and disasters. The conference, which took place in conjunction with the official inauguration of ICSU’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, addressed how science could be used to prevent natural and human-induced hazards from becoming catastrophic events. <a href="http://www.unesco.org/new/en/jakarta">UNESCO</a>, through its Regional Office for Science in Jakarta, and the <a href="http://www.akademisains.gov.my">Academy of Sciences of Malaysia</a> co-sponsored the conference.</p>
19.09.2006
At Pivotal Event in China, the International Council for Science Releases New Strategy to Strengthen International Science for the Benefit of Society
<p>Acknowledging that the world of scientific research has not lived up to its full potential in addressing some of society’s most pressing concerns, including the terrible impact of natural disasters, the International Council for Science (ICSU) today announced at its 28th General Assembly an ambitious plan of action to strengthen international science for the benefit of society. It will focus on interdisciplinary science in key areas of policy uncertainty, including sustainable development, and efforts to mitigate the impact of disasters such as the recent earthquake in Kashmir, Hurricane Katrina and the tsunami in the Indian Ocean. A major international research programme in polar science will provide new insights into planetary processes and how they are influenced by human behaviour.</p>
20.10.2005
ICSU Pursues New Initiative that Challenges Science to Do More to Prevent Natural Disasters
<p>Responding to a world where natural disasters are increasingly disrupting nations rich and poor—the Asian tsunami, hurricanes on the U.S. Gulf Coast, flooding in Bangladesh, the earthquake in Kashmir—the International Council for Science (ICSU) today approved a new initiative focused on using science to prevent natural hazards from becoming catastrophic events.</p>
20.10.2005