Upcoming Events
Past Events
Extreme Heat Risk Initiative Webinar Series
Online
NOAA
Jan 23, 2026
This webinar will focus on research results of select heat-related projects funded by the NOAA Climate Program Office (CPO) Climate and Societal Interaction (CSI) Division’s International Research and Applications Program (IRAP) from FY18 - 20.
First Global Forum on Heat and Health
Hong Kong, China
Global Heat Health Information Network
Dec 31, 2025
The First Global Forum for Heat and Health took place in Hong Kong, China, from the 17-20 December 2018. As the inaugural global forum of the Global Heat Health Information Network, the event featured talks from leading experts on heat health science and implementation, and inform a global common agenda on heat and health. As well as engaging talks and content from experts in the field, the forum also featured an interactive segment with a focus on heat health communication.
2020 Understanding Risk Forum
Online
Understanding Risk
Dec 11, 2025 - Dec 28, 2025
The Understanding Risk (UR) Global Forum is a biennial conference that convenes experts and practitioners from all around the world to showcase the best practices and latest innovations in the field of disaster risk identification as well as to facilitate non-traditional interactions and partnerships.
The 2020 edition also marks the 10th anniversary of UR community, and we are celebrating its achievements and the advancements of the field during the past decade.
10th Global Dialogue Platform
Berlin and virtual
Global Platform for Disaster
Dec 3, 2025 - Dec 11, 2025
The growing wealth of lessons, outcomes, experience and evidence, gathered over more than eight years of implementing anticipatory action, will be under the spotlight at this year’s event. Over three days, participants will look back at what we have learned so far and discuss where we need to go next – as captured by this year’s overarching theme, ‘Lessons from anticipatory action: are we getting it right?’.
Adaptation Futures 2020
New Delhi, India
Energy and Resources Institute
Oct 29, 2025 - Oct 30, 2025
The Energy and Resources Institute will co-host the Adaptation Futures 2020 with the World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP) in Delhi from 4 - 8 October 2021. It is the sixth in the Adaptation Futures international conference series on global adaptation and the first to be held in Asia. Adaptation Futures is the flagship event of the World Adaptation Science Program, which is one of the four components of World Climate Programme (WCP) based on the World Meteorological Organisation Congress XVI Resolution 18. As a premier event in the global adaptation spectrum, Adaptation Futures is a unique platform to facilitate dialogues towards action oriented solutions from a diverse range of stakeholders that includes academia, practitioners, scientists and policy makers from across the world.