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.

Small boats stranded in the nearly dry bed of the Tapajos river in Alter do Chao, Santarem, Brazil, during the amazonian drought in the second half of 2023
UNEP seeks nominations of individuals and organizations working on innovative and sustainable solutions to restore land, enhance drought resilience, and combat desertification.
United Nations Environment Programme
WIN 2024
The nominations for the 2024 Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Leadership Awards are now open! Nominate yourself or others by 14 June 2024.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Women's International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR)
A tired and stressed worker sweating from the hot weather in the summer working in a port goods cargo shipping logistic ground,
The Global Heat Health Information Network is calling for submissions of Heat Health Action Plans, National Health Adaptation Plans and related governance documents containing heat health components from around the world.
Global Heat Health Information Network
Children seek cover under their desks
We are excited to announce an opportunity for you to contribute to the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 campaign “Empowering the next generation for a disaster-free future” aimed at inspiring and engaging children and youth on DRR.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Green city with multiple green roofs
UN-Habitat is calling for case studies of actions implemented by cities to tackle climate change and its impacts. The selected case studies will be presented in the Annex of the World Cities Report 2024, and will illustrate comprehensive sets of measures.
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) - Headquarters
Cover and source: Italian Center for Research on Risk Reduction
As part of the ROADMAP2 project, the Italian Center for Research on Risk Reduction CI3R is looking for good practices in the field of Disaster Risk Management to include in the flash reports and the Solutions Explorer tool developed by the project.
Italian Center for Research on Risk Reduction CI3R
Department of Civil Protection - Italy
Kuwait city
UN-Habitat is calling for case studies of actions implemented by cities to tackle climate change and its impacts.
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) - Headquarters
Houses with wildfire smoke in the background
The aim of this scheme is to make the impacts of climate change on physical and mental health visible to drive urgent climate policy action at scale.
Wellcome Trust
Australian native performing traditional ritual with fire.
Showing how different forms of knowledge can contribute to reducing disaster risk, as well as how to conserve and manage cultural heritage against natural hazards.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
The cover of the Hazard Information Profiles publication
Following the publication of the UNDRR/ISC Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) in October 2021, the UNDRR/ISC Hazard Information Profiles Phase 2 Update Steering Group is now undertaking a 'light touch' review to update the HIPs.
Integrated Research on Disaster Risk

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