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This second call for abstracts is part of the development of the 2015 Global Assessment Report (GAR15) on research areas 2 and 5: Relevant information on disasters is available and accessible at all levels, to all stakeholders and School curricula, education material and relevant trainings include risk reduction and recovery concepts and practices...

The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats is inviting political leaders, academics, civil society activists, and other interested individuals to contribute papers on Climate Change Adaptation best practices....

Call for the submission of proposals for exchange of experiences on the integration of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the development process among local governments from the Americas, until 17 June. Convocatoria para presentación de propuestas de intercambio de experiencias sobre la integración de la gestión del riesgo y la adaptación al cambio climático en el proceso de desarrollo a nivel local hasta el 17 de junio...

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'...