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This is your online notice board to stay informed and engage with the global disaster risk reduction (DRR) community. Here we share important professional opportunities, calls to action, and collaborative possibilities for professionals, organisations, and experts dedicated to reducing disaster risks.

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IAEG review of the UNDRR/ISC hazard definition and classification supplement

The overall aim of this statistical review is to provide expert feedback from a statistical perspective on the applicability of hazard classifications and the hazard information profiles.

United Kingdom - government
This image shows a class 5 Super Taifun approaching the Asian Pacific coast. The image shows the eye of the hurricane viewed from space.
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The trigger database is live!

The Anticipation Hub's trigger database presents information on the trigger systems of early action protocols.

Anticipation Hub
Fire fighting helicopter carry water bucket to extinguish the forest fire
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Call for Book Chapters "Cinema, Disasters and the Anthropocene"

Popularized by the atmospheric chemist Paul J. Crutzen, the term “Anthropocene” designates the current geological epoch, in which humans exert a central impact on the global environment.

Il Sileno Edizioni
GP Apply for Side Events
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GP2022: Side event applications are open

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is glad to announce that the application for Side Events of the seventh session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) is now open!

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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ARA shared learning process on climate risk: Call for applications

The Adaptation Research Alliance (ARA) invites organisations to participate in a Shared Learning Process on Climate Risk. The members of ARA consider ‘Climate risk’ to be a comprehensive concept spanning both socio-economic and bio-physical elements.

SouthSouthNorth
Street in old Havana, Cuba
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Launch of the resilient Caribbean cities photo competition 2022

In this launch webinar for the photo competition, the renowned professional photographer Kirk Elliott of St Lucia will share his top advice on how photos of the eastern Caribbean can tell a story of hope and resilience against climate change.

ODI Global
Public megaphones
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Call for good practices on Early Warning Systems with focus on multi-hazards

UNDRR, UN-SPIDER from UNOOSA and the WMO invite partners and stakeholder to share good practices on lessons learned on Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, 13-17 May 2019
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GP2022: Innovation platform and Ignite stage applications are open

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is glad to announce that application for the Innovation Platform and the Ignite Stage of the seventh session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) is now open.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Reception of the GP
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GP2022: Website and registration launched for the Seventh Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is glad to announce that the registration for the seventh session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) is now open.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Banner of the WIPO Photography Prize competition
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WIPO photography prize for Indigenous Peoples and local community youth 2021-2022

Through this activity, WIPO aims to celebrate and make widely known the creativity of Indigenous and local community youth, as well as raise their awareness on how copyright can be used to protect their creativity expressed in the photographs.

World Intellectual Property Organization