<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Today is the International Day for Disaster Risk
Reduction – a United Nations observed day that highlights the importance of
international cooperation to reduce disaster risk and save lives. Please find
some of my reflections on the state of DRR at present, how DRR has interfaced
with climate change and the pandemic, as well advice for emerging DRR
practitioners. </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=%23DRRDay" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">#DRRDay</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=%23OnlyTogether" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">#OnlyTogether</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a href="https://www.tonkintaylor.co.nz/news/2021/10/international-day-for-disaster-risk-reduction-with-bapon-fakhruddin/" style="color:blue">https://www.tonkintaylor.co.nz/news/2021/10/international-day-for-disaster-risk-reduction-with-bapon-fakhruddin/</a><span style="color:black"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Also, please join our 

<span style="font-size:14.6667px">session at the upcoming Virtual SciDataCon 2021.</span>   </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><b>Make it count: Harnessing risk-based data for disaster and
climate resilience.  </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Registration link <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUufu-urzMjGNahxTSTDZj9xgUUXXHMuRWj" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUufu-urzMjGNahxTSTDZj9xgUUXXHMuRWj</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><img src="cid:ii_kupdqbl00" alt="Sci Data Con.png" width="542" height="394"><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:top;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"> <br> <br>Ngā Mihi | Kind regards,<br> <br>Bapon (shm) Fakhruddin, PhD<br> <br>Technical Director, Tonkin + Taylor International Ltd, New Zealand<br><br>Co-Chair, CODATA TG FAIR Data for DRR (FAIR-DRR), International Science Council (ISC)<div>Co-Chair, Disaster Loss DATA and Science Committee Member, IRDR/ISC</div><div>Programme Board Member, Earth GEO (2021-2022)</div><div>Steering Committee Member, GRAF, UNDRR (2021-2023)<br>Level 2, 105 Carlton Gore Rd, Newmarket, Auckland 1023 | PO Box 5271, Wellesley Street, Auckland 1141, New Zealand<br>Mobile: +642102825316; Skype: flood2004<br>Bio:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD1lpIamdOo" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD1lpIamdOo</a><br><a href="https://www.tonkintaylor.co.nz/people/bapon-fakhruddin-dr/" target="_blank">https://www.tonkintaylor.co.nz/people/bapon-fakhruddin-dr/</a><br>Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUxVSNkXXck" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUxVSNkXXck</a><br>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/shmfakhruddin" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/shmfakhruddin</a><br>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bapon/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/bapon/</a><br><a href="http://www.shmfakhruddin.net" target="_blank">www.shmfakhruddin.net</a></div></div></div></div></div>