Call for Papers: Collection on Weather and Climate-Induced Multi-Hazard Futures: Forecast, Communication, and Preparedness for Society
This Collection is a joint effort by npj Natural Hazards @ Nature Portfolio; the Societal and Economic Research Applications (SERA) Working Group and the Progressing EW4All Oriented to Partnerships and Local Engagement (PEOPLE) Project of the World Meteorological Organization World Weather Research Programme (WWRP); WCRP Regional Information for Society; the UNESCO- and WMO WWRP-endorsed Seamless Prediction and Services for Sustainable Natural and Built Environments (SEPRESS) Programme led by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
This collection invites researchers to delve into the social dimensions of compounding and cascading weather- and climate-related hazards in an increasingly interconnected multi-hazard world. It examines how diverse extremes—such as heatwaves, floods, storms, droughts, and coastal events—interact across space and time to amplify risk, and how weather and climate information is produced, translated, communicated, and used within real decision contexts marked by uncertainty and inequality. The collection emphasizes people-centered, just, and inclusive approaches to early warning, preparedness, and risk-informed planning, attending to governance, institutions, vulnerabilities, and access to information. It particularly welcomes interdisciplinary work that turns multi-hazard forecasts and projections into usable, context-specific knowledge by bridging scientific, Indigenous, and local knowledge systems, and by linking short-term forecasting with longer-term climate decision-making across sectors and scales.
Full details about the Collection can be found here: https://lnkd.in/g5H9_nuD.
Early submissions are welcome and the deadline is 30 September 2026.