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Call for EOI: Effectiveness of roadside burning – case studies of planned burn/fire interactions

This project will build on existing research by producing case studies detailing outcomes of when linear fuel breaks, primarily in the form of roadside burning, interacted with bushfires during the 2024/25 and 2025/26 fire seasons.

Natural Hazards Research Australia
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Opportunities
Loss and damage tracking and capacity building in the Republic of Yemen

The Santiago Network Secretariat is pleased to announce this call for proposals to catalyze technical assistance from organizations, bodies, networks and experts (OBNEs) in response to a request from the Republic of Yemen.

Santiago Network
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Opportunities for accessing loss and damage financing through enhanced understanding of economic and non-economic loss and damage in the Cook Islands

The Santiago Network Secretariat is pleased to announce this call for proposals to catalyze technical assistance from organizations, bodies, networks and experts (OBNEs) in response to a request from the Cook Islands.

Santiago Network
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Opportunities
Share your ideas for the 2026 Natural Hazards Workshop

Preparations for the 51st Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop are underway, and we’re thrilled to come together around the 2026 theme—Stronger Together: Coalitions for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Natural Hazards Center
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Opportunities
Multi-(hazard) risk assessment and management: innovative approaches for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

This session will showcase innovative approaches to multi-(hazard) risk assessment and management, focusing on advancing the understanding of risk components in multi-hazard settings, as well as applications of multi-hazard thinking in DRR.

European Geosciences Union
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Opportunities
Call for papers: The U.S. climate collection: Informing assessment of risks and solutions

The joint AGU-AMS collection seeks papers that synthesize critical elements of recent and emerging knowledge to support future national and sub-national assessments of climate risks and solutions within the United States.

American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
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Opportunities
Calls for residents in the upcoming Dauntless Residency Programme

Over six months, each Resident will lead three sessions that bring together people working at the intersections of STEM, disaster and climate management, and the arts.

Dauntless Group
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Opportunities
Call for host institution: LAC regional heat action hub

GGIN aims to establish additional hubs, and in partnership with PAHO, is calling for expressions of interest from host institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean to accelerate heat action in that region.

Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN)
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Call for contributions: International DRR products and services database

The UNESCO DRR Unit is developing the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Innovation Hub - a digital platform designed to make innovative tools, products, and services visible and accessible to all stakeholders.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Wicked stars: A zin to trouble disaster studies - Cover of Issue 1, 2025
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Call for submissions: Wicked Stars: a zin to trouble disaster studies

Wicked Stars offers an alternative space to researchers and whoever else feels like they need to share about their experience of harm, hardship and suffering as per the ethos of the Disaster Studies Manifesto and Accord.

Radical Interpretations of Disasters and Radical Solutions (RADIX)