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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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Ghana: GRMA call for proposals

The GRMA aims to fill critical model and data gaps and enhance (sub-)sovereign climate and disaster risk assessment capabilities. This Call for Proposals (CfP) reflects the gaps and needs identified and co-defined together with country partners.

InsuResilience Solutions Fund
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Join the hackathon: Innovators wanted!

The Youth Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction Hackathon aims to create a global platform for youth collaboration and problem-solving. It encourages youth teams to respond to contemporary climate and disaster challenges through innovation.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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Call for abstracts deadline extended: ICEPR

Interested contributors now have until 19 May 2025 to submit abstracts for the IAEA's International Conference on Emergency Preparedness and Response.

International Atomic Energy Agency
WIN DRR
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Nominations now open for the 2025 WIN DRR Leadership Awards

The nominations for the 2025 Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Leadership Awards are now open! Nominate yourself or others by 27 June 2025.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Women's International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR)
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Every day counts – Act for resilience today

Are you a young leader passionate about Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Action? We invite you to attend the May 2025 regional consultations.

Sendai Stakeholders Children and Youth Group
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The Global Hydrometeorological Excellence Awards

The Global Hydrometeorological Excellence Awards is the first-ever awards ceremony dedicated to recognising the world's leading contributors in meteorology, hydrology, and climate services.

Varysian
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Call for peers-Blue-green infrastructure for business parks

This effort supports Interwaas' goal of reversing the trend of excessive soil sealing and make existing business parks more liveable, climate-resilient, and aligned with new regional regulations in Flanders.

European Interregional Center Of Training Rescuers
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Multidisciplinary strategies for resilient infrastructure, communities

This issue explores innovative approaches to designing resilient communities, emphasizing disaster early warning systems, climate change adaptation, and resilient infrastructure.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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Call for papers: Special Issue on Intangible and Non-economic Losses

This Special Collection aims to serve as a knowledge mobilization and translation platform, leveraging insights from international scholars across research, practice, policy and education to advance understanding of NE&ILs in various contexts.

Sage Publications
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Global Goods integrating climate and weather data for health systems

This open call is launched for software applications, content and services that help to integrate the use of climate and weather information to protect and improve human health, enhancing the ability to predict and respond to climate-related health risks.

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