Understanding Risk (UR) is an open and global community of 20,000+ experts and practitioners interested and active in the creation, communication, and use of disaster risk information. This space foments collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation in disaster risk assessment. The [...]

  The Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) 2024 will be held in a hybrid format from 29 April to 10 May 2024. The first week i.e. 29 April to 3 May will be held remotely, the second week i.e 6 to 10 [...]

  Global event will bring together civil society, donors, institutions and DRR practitioners to share innovation, collaborate and take action on localisation and risk-informed development.  Hosted by GNDR, the Global Summit will take place on 20-22 February 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya.  The unique [...]

The Global Refugee Forum 2023 will take place from 13 to 15 December at the Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, with linked events held in other locations from 12 December onwards. Held every four years, the Forum is the world’s largest international [...]

The Food Security Cluster Global Partners Meeting will be held in Rome, Italy, on November 14, 15 and 16 2023.  The meeting will start at 09:30 on Tuesday Nov. 14 and end in the afternoon on Thursday Nov. 16. (Rome time). All [...]

Water is essential to life on Earth. It covers the majority of the Earth's surface, makes up over 50% of our bodies, produces our food, and supports livelihoods.   But this precious resource is not infinite and we need to stop taking [...]

Building on the success of the FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2023 (SIF 2022), FAO SIF 2023 will focus on enhancing the accessibility of the most appropriate climate technologies, innovative practices and local knowledge in agrifood systems for climate change adaptation, [...]

  Join FAO for the launch of the flagship report "The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security: Avoiding and Reducing Losses through Investment in Resilience", which will be held on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.   The 2023 edition of [...]

  The 11th Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action will take place as a hybrid event from 10 - 12 October 2023. There will be an in-person conference and live studio in Berlin, Germany, as well as virtual sessions involving participants [...]

  SLAM meeting: Building and Sustaining a Learning Culture | 10th October 2023 Join the second Strategic Learning & Adaptive Management (SLAM) meeting focused on building and sustaining a learning culture. A learning culture is an environment in a project or organization where individuals [...]