Community announcements

A graduate student has won a top international prize for developing a low-cost bamboo house known as CUBO, whose tilted roof captures rainwater and reduces heat gain, and whose stilts prevent flood penetration. The house also tackles the chronic shortage of affordable housing in the Philippines and will help reduce the amount of slum dwellers in Manila.

The Risk KAN invites researchers to self-nominate for membership in the Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events, in the Development Team (DT), and/or working groups. These groups are structured along with the establishment of the DT. As a central feature of the Risk KAN's plans, they allow for flexible, challenge-based networking.

The Least Developed Countries Group is inviting submissions on effective long-term adaptation to climate change. The submissions will contribute to a major new initiative that seeks to develop a long-term vision for climate resilience up to 2050. The deadline is December 1, 2018.

The fourth round of IRDR Young Scientists Programme applications is now open. The programme allows researchers to participate in research sessions, receive training, and receive DRR conference recommendations. The deadline to apply is December 31, 2018.

The World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery are inviting photographers to participate in a photo contest dedicated to building disaster resilience in Armenia. Participants must submit their entries by November 16. The top 3 entries will win cash prizes, and the top 10 will be featured on the World Bank website and other mediums.

BeSafeNet aims at sharing information on the nature, causes and consequences of disasters through the Internet and promoting a global risk culture. In this context, an international online competition between schools will take place on the theme “Better knowledge against disasters,” and is open to secondary schools in the 26 member states of EUR-OPA Agreement.

In order to develop ‘Pro-poor principles’ to guide the implementation of the InsuResilience Global Partnership, practitioners are asked to to submit responses as well as any relevant supporting material to the InsuResilience Secretariat by 16th of October, 2018.

The deadline to submit abstracts for the European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2019 has been extended to October 31. Full details of the conference themes, submission details and registration fees are available online.

Applications are open until November 30 for the 2019 RISK Award. The RISK Award funds a project that improves risk reduction, risk management or adaptive capacities in regards to coastal dangers. The alignment of the project to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction will also be assessed.

During 10-11 October 2018, ICoE-TDDR will host a regional forum in Bangkok, Thailand. Through panel discussions and workshop break-out sessions, the TDDR in Asia Forum will examine how the current development model in Asia may increase disaster risk. IRDR invites about 80 participants to engage in a deep exploration of how risks are generated, and can be addressed.