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IDRC has launched a call for submissions of joint concept notes for the establishment of research consortia under the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA). CARIAA is a seven-year research program jointly funded by the UK’s Department for International Development and IDRC... ​

CARIAA supports collaborative, interdisciplinary research in three climate change hot spots in Africa and Asia. A call for concept notes on collaborative adaptation research in the three hot spots is now open until April 4, 2013...

After stiff competition, Danielle Gibson emerged the winner of the Barbados’ leg of Spice It Up - Sing for preparedness, receiving a host of prizes of which included a music video and a professional recording of her song...

The UNCCD 2nd Scientific Conference has extended its call for abstracts until 30 September 2012. The conference will focus on the economic assessment of desertification, sustainable land management and resilience of arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas...

This workshop is an opportunity for NGOs and government stakeholders in Asia to share experiences, have the methodological debates, and jointly formulate substantive recommendations to improve the evidence-based risk assessment. Prominent speakers from Bangladesh, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, and Indonesia are expected to deliberate their views...

Experts should have an organisational mandate to assist in assessing the current use of space-based technology and information for disaster management and emergency response in Mozambique, identifying potential areas where space-based technology and information could play a greater role and contributing to improving the access to space-based technology and information...

How do girls and women in the USA build disaster resilience? Ask the young people in your life to explain through art or an essay. Please encourage them to enter this exciting contest marking October 13, 2012 as the International Day for Disaster Reduction, with the theme 'Women and Girls–the (in)Visible Forces of Resilience'...

IDRC Davos 2012 announced the JTI Foundation Resilience Award of CHF 175’000.- for the best project proposal on resilience increase at city or community level submitted...

Asia-Pacific cartoons depicting the effects of climate change on children, Chinese cities, the Pacific Islands and mangrove forests won a regional contest sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of France...

GRF Davos issued a call for papers to be presented in Davos. The call for abstracts is still open until 30 April 2012. Submit your proposals for oral or poster presentations, or for whole sessions and workshops...