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Are you interested at speaking at the Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Asia conference? The Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Asia Advisory Committee are inviting abstracts for consideration for inclusion in the conference...

The call seeks to continue supporting efforts of local governments in the Americas, including the Caribbean, to advance the building resilience in their communities. This time the call is focused on supporting proposals for the exchange of experiences that address topics related to integration, in the local development process, of policies on disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change...

'We hope people around the world will respond to our call by proposing the names of individuals or groups that have the ability to inspire new ways of thinking about the way we develop our societies and treat the planet,'

The competition will support innovative resilience projects at the local level while encouraging communities to adopt policy changes and activities that plan for the impacts of extreme weather and climate change and rebuild affected areas to be better prepared for the future. As last month’s National Climate Assessment made clear, climate change is no longer a distant threat...

The ND-GAIN Corporate Adaptation Prize recognizes organizations that have made measurable contributions in creating resilience or adaptation to climate change. Prizes will be awarded to both multi-national and local corporations...

ESCAP is calling for project proposals to build and enhance tsunami, disaster and climate preparedness capacities, particularly in end-to-end early warning for coastal hazards.

Esta convocatoria está destinada a representantes de agencias de gobierno, organizaciones no gubernamentales, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, comunidades y las agencias de cooperación desde el nivel local, nacional, subregional y regional. La fecha límite para la recepción de propuestas es el 23 de marzo de 2014 a media noche...

ESCAP is calling for project proposals to build and enhance tsunami, disaster and climate preparedness capacities, particularly in end-to-end early warning for coastal hazards. Applications are welcome from governments, intergovernmental organizations, UN agencies, funds and programmes, academic institutions or non-governmental organizations...

The call for applications for the 2nd ANDROID Doctoral School in the area of Disaster Resilience is now open. After immensely successful series of doctoral school activities in 2013 the ANDROID network is now announcing the second iteration of its doctoral school to be held in 2014...

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is issuing a Fourth Call for Abstracts as part of the development of the 2015 Global Assessment Report (GAR15). The GAR15 will be published prior to the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015, in which governments will adopt a successor framework to the Hyogo Framework for Action...