Community announcements

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.

A volunteer plants a mangrove sapling in Gelang Patah, Johor, Malaysia
Community announcement
The UN Climate Change Innovation Compendium and linked living library showcase initiatives, programmes and policies launched by UN Entities that are using innovative approaches to respond to climate change.
United Nations - Headquarters
A woman farmer stands in the middle of her field
Community announcement
SEI’s Strategic Collaborative Fund Phase 2 (SCF2) emphasizes collaborative partnerships that integrate gender and social equality and human rights-based approaches.
Stockholm Environment Institute
Bangkok residents navigate heavy floods by boat
Community announcement
This Special Issue intends to create a platform to discuss state-of-the-art developments in identifying, estimating, and mitigating water-related disasters, their threats, and risks, aiming to find solutions in order to build a resilient society.
United Nations University (UNU)
Community announcement
Varysian’s digital campus - the Varysian Hydromet Network - and its events, annual journal and insight products make it the sector’s leading information and networking resource, as well as a powerful advocate for public-private engagement (PPE).
Varysian
Cars in a flooded city street
Community announcement
The 9th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM9) will be held in Tsukuba, Japan, from 18 to 21 February 2023.
International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management
Hungarians stack sandbags to protect against the Danube floods
Community announcement
The overall aim of this statistical review is to provide expert feedback from a statistical perspective on the applicability of hazard classifications and the hazard information profiles.
United Kingdom - government
This image shows a class 5 Super Taifun approaching the Asian Pacific coast. The image shows the eye of the hurricane viewed from space.
Community announcement
The Anticipation Hub's trigger database presents information on the trigger systems of early action protocols.
Anticipation Hub
Fire fighting helicopter carry water bucket to extinguish the forest fire
Community announcement
Popularized by the atmospheric chemist Paul J. Crutzen, the term “Anthropocene” designates the current geological epoch, in which humans exert a central impact on the global environment.
Il Sileno Edizioni
GP Apply for Side Events
Community announcement
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is glad to announce that the application for Side Events of the seventh session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) is now open!
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Community announcement
The Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA) invites organisations to participate in a Shared Learning Process on Climate Risk. The members of ARA consider ‘Climate risk’ to be a comprehensive concept spanning both socio-economic and bio-physical elements.
SouthSouthNorth

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