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 farmer loads farm produce into a truck
Community announcement
EJ4Climat is a grant program that supports underserved and vulnerable communities, and Indigenous communities, in Canada, Mexico, and the United States to prepare for climate-related impacts.
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
Banner of the Global Resilience Partnership social media video contest
Community announcement
In the lead up to and during the Resilience Hub at the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) Climate Summit, the Resilience Knowledge Coalition is hosting a video contest on social media. The contest will run from 23 October to 12 November.
Global Resilience Partnership
An Indonesian rescue team carries survivors to safety
Community announcement
This accord is meant to recognise local realities, people’s priorities, diverse epistemologies/ways of knowing and indigenous worldviews/senses cannot be a rigid list of set principles that would apply anywhere in the world.
Radical Interpretations of Disasters and Radical Solutions
Drawing contest in Dushanbe dedicated to 2021 IDDRR
Community announcement
The contest brought together schoolchildren from Dushanbe, interested in drawing and disaster risk reduction in the Alisher Navoi Park of Culture and Recreation.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Marsh landscape in Spain
Community announcement
Are you affected by natural hazards such as floods, droughts, landslides, or heat waves? Are you involved in the co-creation of Nature-based Solutions to reduce these risks? Share your story and become a part of the global NBS community!
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
Firefighter in Australian bushfire
Community announcement
Research priorities discussion paper
Natural Hazards Research Australia
Multicultural people holding signs with likes and dislikes.
Community announcement
The Risk KAN invites interested experts in relevant fields, from all sectors, to self-nominate for the Steering Committee’s next three-year term (2022-2024).
Risk-KAN Working Groups
Newspapers, a laptop and a pair of glasses on a table
Community announcement
This special issue aims to attract innovative manuscripts along the lines of the recent Northern European Conference of Emergency and Disaster Studies 2021
Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management
2021IDDRR Central Asia
Community announcement
The United Nations General Assembly has designated October 13th as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction to promote a global culture of disaster risk reduction. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward reducing
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Image portraying world diversity with many different coloured hands
Community announcement
Host an event to showcase DRR projects where international cooperation played a role. Share your event via PreventionWeb to feature it on the International Day site.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

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