This report is the result of an independent mid-term, formative, forward-looking Review of the program of work of the ICSU Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Interdisciplinary Body, established in 2010 with co-sponsorship by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), and with financial support primarily from the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), a national ICSU member.
As the Review is intended to inform the unfolding of the next 4-5 year phase of the ten-year IRDR Program (‘IRDR’), the seven-member Review panel focused their work purposefully on identifying critical areas for improvement.
