UNDRR News

Speaking to Commonwealth Finance Ministers and senior officials representing 53 countries, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of UNISDR, Mami Mizutori, focussed on the need to improve accounting of economic losses from disasters to better guide disaster risk management strategies.

The first-ever joint Africa-Arab Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction opened today in Tunis, Tunisia, with calls for accelerated implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

Climate change is a major multiplier of disaster losses worldwide. According to a new report by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, there has been a doubling of extreme weather events in the last twenty years, which have experienced some of the hottest years on record. Measures to adapt to climate impacts are just as important as cutting emissions.

UNISDR released a major report today on economic losses from disasters, the theme of this year's International Day for Disaster Reduction which is celebrated globally on October 13.

Italy will host the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction, in Rome, in November.

90% of the world's earthquakes occur in the Pacific Ring of Fire. It requires special when it comes to disaster risk management, says UNISDR chief Mami Mizutori.

Under the Making Cities Resilient Campaign, UNISDR finalizes a peer to peer city review tool - USCORE - to support resilient cities and boost the number of local disaster risk reduction strategies around the world.

Since the launch of the Sendai Framework Monitor in March, 61 countries have started using it to report disaster losses and UNISDR is now providing a trainer of trainers' module to support the roll-out.

As the Government of Kenya initiates a reform programme to improve the country’s capacity to reduce disaster risks and mitigate the socioeconomic and fiscal impact of disasters, UNISDR co-hosts a risk workshop to provide relevant decision-makers with tools and methodologies to make informed choices and to support the development of holistic risk reduction strategies.

Mami Mizutori, Head of UNISDR, speaks on the opportunities for business in investing in disaster risk reduction.