Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN) at Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) 2026
The Avoidable Deaths Network invites the global disaster risk reduction (DRR) community to join two online sessions during the UNOCHA HNPW 2026 exploring how campaigns and communication can help prevent avoidable disaster deaths. Both sessions support the Sendai Framework targets and contribute to ADN’s global initiative celebrating the International Awareness Day for Avoidable Deaths (IAD4AD) campaign throughout the entire month of March.
Session 1: Is the climate crisis also a communication crisis?
3 March 2026 | 14:30–16:00 UTC+1 , 13:30–15:00 (BST)
This dynamic debate explores how misinformation, ideological polarisation and information overload shape climate action. Participants and experts will discuss barriers to climate communication and how stronger narratives, especially linking climate change to public health can mobilise public engagement.
Chair: Muhammad Asad Tahir
Technical Experts: Prof. James Fitchet; Dr. Christian Morgner; Siffa Zakria.
To register: https://vosocc.unocha.org/Report.aspx?page=o0t9pExuBwPAPnxxxplusdjyFmDs99vGDa0sYOES5Zl8Qogv5GgAIsKvEejgxxxequalxxxequal
Session 2: Campaigning to reduce avoidable deaths in a climate-challenged world
4 March 2026 | 15:30–17:00 UTC+1 , 14:30 - 16:00 (BST)
This session will showcase global and local campaigns, from lightning safety and extreme heat to early warning systems, drowning prevention and coastal awareness, highlighting how advocacy and grassroots action save lives and advance equity and justice.
Chairs: Prof. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett, Dr. Hideyuki Shiroshita, Prof. Alois Hirschmugl
Speakers: Rtd. Col. Sanjay Srivastava; Vishal Pathak; Dr. Fatima Akter; Md. Asad Tahir Jappa; Kentaro Murakami; Prof. Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett; Dr. Hideyuki Shiroshita; Rafiqul Montu; Speaker TBC (World Drowning Prevention Day, WHO); Speaker TBC (International Snakebite Awareness Day); Ranjan Panda.
To register: https://vosocc.unocha.org/Report.aspx?page=o0t9pExuBwPAPnxxxplusdjyFmDs99vGDa0sYO8CuBexxxslashoCtbW0oluxxxplus9PtUDQxxxequalxxxequal