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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.

Whether you're contributing insights, participating in events, or submitting your own initiatives, your involvement is key to driving meaningful progress in DRR. Explore opportunities to connect, learn, and take action to help build a more resilient world.

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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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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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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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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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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)
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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)
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Global consultation of the draft Global disaster-related statistics framework

On behalf of the co-chairs of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Disaster-related Statistics (IAEG-DRS), we are pleased to announce the global consultation on the draft Global Disaster-Related Statistics Framework (G-DRSF).

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
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Call for event submissions: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025

Share with us your International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 event celebrations. This year’s theme: “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters.”

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Do you communicate about risks? Test out our Risk know-how workbook

Risk know-how has developed a short workbook aimed at risk information providers to support them in communicating with a given audience and consider their needs. Provide your feedback today!

Risk Know-How