Civil society/NGOs

The role of civil society and/or non-governmental organizations in advocating disaster risk reduction and in strengthening capacities to reduce community risk and vulnerability from natural hazards.

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Training event

5 November 2026 - 6 November 2026

In person

Regional workshop on coastal resilience: from early warning to anticipatory action in the Mediterranean

A two-day initiative in Lebanon bringing together national and regional stakeholders to strengthen coastal resilience through risk knowledge, multi-hazard early warning, preparedness, and anticipatory action.

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Documents and publications

23 October 2026

Understanding interest-based conflict in disaster recovery collaborations

This study examines conflict in disaster recovery collaborations in Australia, identifying psychological, procedural, and substantive interests as key drivers, and suggests reframing conflict as an opportunity to improve decision-making.

Australian Journal of Emergency Management (AIDR)

Update

23 September 2026

The Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society acts to anticipate the impacts of a coming drought

With the impacts of El Niño drawing ever closer across southern Africa, the Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society activated its early action protocol for drought after forecasts predicted below-normal rainfall from October to December.

Anticipation Hub

Topic guide

Last updated 12 Aug 2026

Volunteerism for disaster risk reduction

Explore how volunteers contribute to DRR and how organizations can maximize their impact.

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Documents and publications

12 August 2026

Volunteer-led Natural Flood Management (NFM) in Calderdale, West Yorkshire: Community perceptions, perceived effectiveness and social co-benefits

Researchers conducted an exploratory cross-sectional survey of residents and people working in Calderdale, West Yorkshire to examine views on effectiveness and the personal and community co-benefits of Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions.

Journal of Flood Risk Management (Wiley)

Topic guide

Last updated 24 Jul 2026

Citizen participation for disaster risk reduction

Explore examples of innovative disaster risk reduction (DRR) initiatives supported by citizen science and crowd-sourcing.

Colorful collage of smiling multiethnic people in vertical panels.

Blog

10 Jul 2026

Katherine Sotomayor Tanjir Hossain

Sendai Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism: Turning participation into action for disaster risk reduction

Launched in 2018, SEM was created in response to a simple realisation: disaster risk reduction cannot succeed, and the targets of the Sendai Framework cannot be achieved, without the meaningful and structured inclusion of all-of-society actors.

Global

Active

5 May 2026

International Wildfire Preparedness Mechanism (IWPM)

The mission of the IWPM is to support, on request, agencies and countries to build national capacity and resilience to wildfire through the exchange of best practice in landscape fire management

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Documents and publications

27 February 2026

Adapting to climate change: towards a structural transformation of the international aid sector

The report examines how the international aid sector is adapting to climate change in a world projected to reach nearly +2.9°C by 2100.

Groupe Urgence - Réhabilitation - Développement (Groupe URD)

Group of local authorities and community members standing in a burnt landscape after a bushfire in Wompou, Guidimakha, Mauritania.

National (or local) - Mauritania

New

25 February 2026

Community Mechanism for NbS and Eco-DRR in Guidimakha, Mauritania

This commitment strengthens climate and disaster resilience in Guidimakha, Mauritania through community-led Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and eco-DRR, addressing floods, drought, heatwaves and wildfires, with a replication and learning window for Nouakchott’s coastal/littoral resilience (2026–2028).

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