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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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Opportunities
Call for applications: Young Climate Leaders – Ideas Lab 2026

Ideas Lab continues to be one of the most influential public policy events in Brussels, bringing together policymakers, researchers, business leaders and civil society to debate the major challenges and opportunities facing Europe.

Centre for European Policy Studies
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Call for EOI: Effectiveness of roadside burning - case studies

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
Yemen: Loss and damage tracking and capacity building

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
Cook Islands: Opportunities for accessing loss and damage financing

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
Submit abstract: Multi-hazard risk assessment and management: session

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

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: 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)