UNDRR News

World Tsunami Awareness Day falls on November 5 and there was a major gathering of tsunami affected countries today at the UN in Geneva to discuss lessons learned from past events.

“The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction gives us the tools to address new challenges and opportunities,” said the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, speaking at an ECOSOC meeting in the aftermath of the recent Atlantic hurricanes.

The role of disaster risk reduction was at the heart of discussions this week on he implementation of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) commitments on environment and energy.

The African Union has announced plans to increase the number of member States with national disaster loss data bases and to put a training programme in place in preparation for the roll-out next year of the Sendai Monitor, the UNISDR-backed mechanism for measuring progress in reducing disaster losses.

The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr. Robert Glasser, today announced that next year will see the start of worldwide monitoring of disaster losses from extreme weather events and earthquakes through the Bonn office of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres marked International Day for Disaster Reduction with a call to reduce the numbers of people affected by disasters and said the Sendai Framework is essential to achieving the SDGs.

The Prime Minister of Fiji and the incoming COP23 President, Mr. Vorege Bainone, is hosting a pre-COP23 meeting to galvanise action on climate change and disaster risk.

Disasters helped to drive up world hunger last year to 815 million from 777 million in 2015, according to an

UNISDR today launches new Guidelines for National Disaster Risk Assessment (NDRA)to mark International Day for Disaster Reduction.

International Day for Disaster Reduction was marked by American industry with the launch of a new initiative, ARISE-US to raise disaster awareness in the private sector.