Invitation to Participate : Urban Heat Risks and Infrastructure: Building Heat-Resilient Cities and Settlements | 10 June 2025 | 03.00PM- 04.30 PM

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Dear Colleagues,

The Sphere India Academy in collaboration with National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and Vardhman Mahavir Medical college & Safdarjung hospital. We are organizing a webinar on Urban Heat Risks and Infrastructure: Building Heat-Resilient Cities and Settlements on June 10, 2025, from 03:00 PM – 04:30 PM (IST).

This webinar seeks to explore how green infrastructure, participatory urban planning, and adaptive shelter models can foster climate justice, equity, and resilience in cities.

Date and Time: 10^th June 2025| 3:00 PM to 4:30PM
Register here: http://tiny.cc/Urban_Heat_Risks

We invite you to join this important discussion

Sphere India Academy

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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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