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Announcements from and for the global disaster risk reduction community.

These news articles request for your engagement as a member of the DRR community and invite you to participate in a specific effort or event.

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Community announcement

REGILIENCE - Stakeholder consultation

This survey aims to gather experiences from vulnerable regions in different parts of Europe, in order to understand common needs and challenges to adapt to climate change impacts.
REGILIENCE - Regional Pathways to Climate Resilience
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Community announcement

Call for panels - Needs 2022: Global disasters

Disasters research is ever more salient today. Weather related incidents fueled by climate change have filled the news for years while the Covid-19 pandemic has overshadowed everything else during the past year and a half.
University of Copenhagen
The Averted Disaster Award identifies and receives nominations for individuals, project teams and organizations of all sizes, regions and industries whose successful DRM interventions are made invisible by their success. Submit a nomination for an initiative that deserves recognition, or nominate your own project.
Community announcement

The Averted Disaster Award: recognizing successful initiatives in disaster risk management

The Averted Disaster Award identifies and receives nominations for individuals, project teams and organizations of all sizes, regions and industries whose successful DRM interventions are made invisible by their success.
Anticipation Hub
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Net Zero: Heritage for Climate Action | Call for Proposals Now Open

Net Zero: Heritage for Climate Action, is an 18-month (July 2022 – 31 December 2023) multi-level capacity development project rooted in the idea that every place has a ‘climate story’ embedded in its cultural heritage.
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
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Community announcement

Call for inputs: Report on violence against women and girls in the context of the climate crisis, including environmental degradation and related disaster risk mitigation and response

To inform the Special Rapporteur's report on violence against women and girls in the context of the climate crisis, including environmental degradation and related disaster risk mitigation and response, to be presented at the 77th session of the GA
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Community announcement

9th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM9) - extension of abstract submission deadline to 31 March

The abstract submission deadline for the 9th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM9) on “River Basin Disaster Resilience and Sustainability by All - Integrated Flood Management in the Post COVID-19 Era” is extended until 31 March 2022.
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management
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Community announcement

GP2022 OFFICIAL STATEMENTS

The seventh session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) will be organized and convened by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) from 23 to 28 May 2022, in Bali, Indonesia, hosted by the Government of Indonesia.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Community announcement

Call for papers: The 7th IFIP WG5.15 Conference on Information Technology in DRR

We are pleased to invite submissions for ITDRR-2022, “The 7th IFIP WG5.15 Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction”
University of Agder
Nepal Private Sector Innovation Challenge
Community announcement

DRRM Private Sector Innovation Challenge: PSIC is in search of innovative and sustainable solutions to disaster management in Nepal

An opportunity for the private sector to play a proactive role in educating the public about disaster resilience and preparedness.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Community announcement

Draft CEN workshop on 'City Resilience Development – Framework and guidance for implementation with a specific focus on historic areas'

European Committee for Standardization (CEN) invites comments on the draft CWA ‘Disaster Risk Management / Climate Change Adaptation Framework for historic areas‘
European Committee for Standardization

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