Iran, Japan, UNESCO join hands to address natural hazards, boost climate change resilience

Iran, Japan, UNESCO join hands to address natural hazards, boost climate change resilience

TEHRAN – The international project of managing natural disasters and enhancing resilience to climate change impacts was inaugurated officially by representatives from the Department of Environment (DOE), the Embassy of Japan, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Researcher Working to Preserve Natural Disaster Monuments; Disaster Lessons Getting Digitized (Japan News)

Japan News: Researcher Working to Preserve Natural Disaster Monuments; Disaster Lessons Getting Digitized . “Wataru Tanikawa, 47, of Kochi, a researcher at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) who studies earthquakes in the Nankai Trough, witnessed from the sea the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. The experience led him to embark on a research project aimed at warning people about…