Community announcements

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!

Research priorities discussion paper

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).

This special issue aims to attract innovative manuscripts along the lines of the recent Northern European Conference of Emergency and Disaster Studies 2021

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

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.

Young people worldwide are leading the way, demanding climate action. Whether in communities, in their places of study or directly lobbying politicians and businesses, they are fighting for their futures. The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and the

This initiative aims to engage with youth living in the regions around the Indian Ocean to share their creative thoughts, ideas, concepts, and/or activities related to tsunami awareness.

The Regional Office of Arab States of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Arab Advisory Group for Science and Technology are launching a survey entitled "the status of science and technology to reduce disaster risk in Arab

1. Background The 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on all aspects of human activity across the face of the planet. As with most events that cause disruption, it is those people with the greatest vulnerabilities such