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Opportunities from and for disaster risk reduction professionals.

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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Villagers on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, perform traditional ceremonies in the shadow of Mt Yasur, an active volcano.
Opportunities
Call for stories: Living legacies: Tales of culture and resilience

UNESCO and ICHCAP invite you to share personal stories that show the connection between culture and climate change – from the challenges communities face and creative solutions they develop.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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Opportunities
Advancing IS for climate emergencies and disaster management

Communities globally are increasingly vulnerable to climate-induced disasters such as storms, floods, wildfires, and earthquakes. These events often trigger further emergencies, leading to infrastructure failures, public health issues.

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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Opportunities
Call for papers: Institutionalising multi-hazard risk governance

This special collection from the 16th International Conference of the Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM 2026) will focus on evidence related to institutionalising and sustaining multi-hazard risk governance in a changing climate

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
A Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) volunteer, during an early warning drill in Chila village, Bangladesh
Opportunities
Avoidable Deaths Network: Nominate your community Hero

The Avoidable Deaths Network invites you to nominate individuals whose courage, leadership, and commitment have prevented harm, protected lives, or created safer futures.

Avoidable Deaths Network
Red Cross personnel giving training how to first aid
Opportunities
Call for submissions for IRDR special issue on CBDRR

IRDR is pleased to announce a special issue in the Journal of Hazards, Risk and Resilience (JHRR) focused on advancing the community-based DRR and CCA, with a particular focus on innovative research led by young scientists.

Integrated Research on Disaster Risk
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Opportunities
GNDR survey on disaster risk financing

#GNDRMembers - we need your help! Please complete our new survey on disaster risk financing: https://lnkd.in/eKHwSW5c

Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)
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Opportunities
Take the survey: Parliamentarian engagement in advancing DRR

This 5-minute survey will assist us in understanding how parliamentarians are advancing the disaster risk reduction action agenda and how parliamentary engagement could be further enhanced.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
satisfaction survey
Opportunities
UNDRR: Survey on advocacy and knowledge products for DRR

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction invites your feedback on how the development community engages with its disaster risk reduction tools and information resources.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
survey
Opportunities
REGILIENCE+ survey on climate change adaptation needs

REGILIENCE+ will use the results of this survey to best tailor our communication products, training programmes and policy recommendations.

REGILIENCE - Regional Pathways to Climate Resilience
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Opportunities
Wildfire research through the lens: The ICFFR photo contest

Invitation to researchers, students, and practitioners worldwide to contribute compelling, high-resolution photographs that advance the visual communication of wildland fire science and management across all relevant disciplines.

University of Coimbra
International Association of Wildland Fire