NEWS BULLETIN
Mar-Apr 2021
Opportunities of Interest
Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellowship 2021/2022 at IASS(Potsdam, Germany)
The Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) is seeking applications
from highly talented young early to mid-career professionals who have worked
for at least ten years on sustainability issues and have the potential to serve aschange agents towards sustainable development. Applicants from the fields ofacademia, politics, civil society, business, and the arts are invited to submit theirapplications by 12 April 2021. For further information on how to apply, please check the Call for applications 2021.
https://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/news/iass-calls-applications-klaus-topfer-sustainability-fellowship

Mary Fran Myers Scholarship 2021 from the Natural Hazards Center(Boulder, Colorado, USA)
The Natural Hazards Center recognizes outstanding individuals committed to disaster
research and practice and have the potential to make a lasting contribution to reducing
disaster vulnerability by offering the Mary Fran Myers Scholarship. At least one scholarship
recipient this year will receive financial support to virtually attend the Natural Hazards
Research and Applications Workshop in 2021, as well as they will have their fees waived
to travel and register to attend the next in-person Workshop. Application deadline: March 15, 2021. For more details
on this call, please check this webpage.
https://hazards.colorado.edu/awards/myers-scholarship

5 Call for InsuResilience Solutions Fund Proposals: Innovative Climate Risk Insurance Wanted
The InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF) supports the development of innovative andsustainable climate risk insurance products in countries of Latin America, Africa and Asia eligible
to receive official development assistance (ODA) with grand-based co-funding. In light of theongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a holistic approach on disaster relief and preparedness seems
more vital than ever in order to compensate (in-)direct effects on economic development andgrowth of ODA countries. Thus, the ISF especially welcomes project concepts targeting the sectors most vulnerable toeffects of the pandemic, such as critical infrastructure, emergency relief and financial support of (M)SMEs, with products
focusing on providing coverage against climate change related perils such as flood, wind/storm, excess rain, drought/heatwave, cold spells (in combination with others) Application deadline: April 16, 2021. More details on this webpage.
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https://www.insuresilience.org/blog/2021/02/17/innovative-climate-risk-insurance-wanted-5th-call-for-proposals-of-the-isf-is-open-now/

Publications of Interest
The global impact of COVID-19
The latest issue from the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) highlights the consequences,implications, risks and opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic on our current world order. The pandemicand its response, in the form of protracted nationwide lockdowns, have had several short-term as well as
long term impacts on human health, society, economy and environment. Hence, it is important to draw
lessons from this pandemic to amplify our future preparedness and response capacities to similar shocks.
https://www.preventionweb.net/files/76125_theglobalimpactofcovid19.pdf

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