Invitation to Participate: Webinar on “Invisible Disasters: Tackling Air Pollution through Resilient and Risk-Informed Systems” | 18th November 2025 | 03:00 PM – 04:45 PM (IST)

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Dear Colleagues,

Sphere India is pleased to invite you to the National Webinar on “Invisible Disasters: Tackling Air Pollution through Resilient and Risk-Informed Systems,” being organized under the Sphere India Academy to strengthen cross-sectoral learning, coordinated preparedness, and integrated action on air quality resilience.

Date and Time: 18th November 2025 | 03:00 PM – 04:45 PM (IST)
Registration Link: http://tiny.cc/Air_pollution

Air pollution has emerged as one of the most severe slow-onset disaster risks, with profound implications for public health, urban resilience, and climate governance. This session aims to bring together experts from environmental science, disaster management, public health, academia, and civil society to deepen understanding of India’s air quality challenges and explore pathways for integrating air pollution management into DRR, climate resilience, and health preparedness systems.

We look forward to your valuable participation and insights in this important dialogue on strengthening India’s preparedness and response to air pollution as an invisible but critical disaster risk.

Sphere India Academy

Knowledge and Capacity Sharing Vertical

Sphere India

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Sphere India Academy launched on 10th April 2020 is a collaborative initiative of WHO, UNICEF, WFP, HCLF, Sphere India, and other organizations. A capacity-building program for humanitarian workers, equipping them to fulfill diverse roles in emergency preparedness, response, and support for local governments, administrations, and communities.A range of technical sessions covering diverse topics is being delivered regularly using the online platform. In the past two years, the academy was able to reach around 1.5 lakh participants through 320 academy sessions, with over 743 resource persons, 279 knowledge partners, and over 90 government engagement.

Sphere India is a National Coalition of Humanitarian, Development, and Resilience Actors in India. The strategic outreach of 155 full members includes key nodal organizations from the UN, INGOs, National NGOs, CSR, Academic Institutions, Sector Networks, Expert Individuals, and State IAGs/Networks. The local outreach is evolving with 805 associate members as Sphere India Locally Empowered Organisations Network (LEON) and 1,80,000 community volunteers (CDRF-Community Disaster Response Force) mapped for varied capacities all over India. Sphere India facilitates multi-stakeholder coordination, knowledge & capacity sharing, and collaborative advocacy for enhancing accountability to the affected and at-risk population.

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