UNDRR News

The latest news from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the lead UN agency for the coordination of disaster risk reduction.

Floodwaters in Denham Springs, Louisiana, on August 13 (Photo: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development)

Update

16 August 2016

USA’s worst disaster since Sandy?

The state of Louisiana is in the grip of what looks set to be the worst disaster in the United States since Superstorm Sandy four years ago, underlining the critical role of reducing risk before disaster strikes.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Update

15 August 2016

Fukushima: Reducing mortality from compound disasters

Reducing disaster mortality is the theme of this year's International Day for Disaster Reduction. The Fukushima Global Communication Programme's final report offers advice on how to reduce mortality from compound disasters.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Portugal is battling wildfires both on the mainland and on the Atlantic island of Madeira pictured here.

Update

11 August 2016

Wildfires rage in a changing climate

Wildfires are a growing disaster hazard in many parts of the world. We can expect to see more of them as heatwaves and drought become more frequent and intense.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Mexico is on alert for Tropical Storm Javier which is threatening its Pacific coast with torrential rain and heavy seas.

Update

9 August 2016

Mexico acts on new storm landslide risk

The Civil Protection authorities and other agencies are acting to guard against any further loss of life from fresh landslides as Mexico faces the threat of a second storm just days after 40 people lost their lives as a result of tropical storm Earl.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

A Liberian Red Cross burial team removes a body of a suspected Ebola fatality from a community in the Bushrod Island area of Monrovia (Photo: Victor Lacken/IFRC)

Update

8 August 2016

Ebola countries implement Sendai Framework

UNISDR is working with UNDP and WHO on a project to accelerate implementation of the Sendai Framework in Ebola affected countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa

Sustainable urbanization and disaster risk reduction go hand in hand, according to delegates preparing for the Habitat III summit

Update

2 August 2016

Reducing risk is key for sustainable urbanization

Reducing the risks posed by natural and man-made hazards will be critical to keep cities around the globe on a sustainable development track, according to delegates preparing the way for the UN’s Habitat III conference on urbanization.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction

IPU President, Mr. Saber Chowdhury, addressing the UN General Assembly in New York earlier this week

Update

29 July 2016

UN forges closer ties with parliamentarians

A resolution passed this week by almost 80 countries at the UN General Assembly recognizes the importance role that parliamentarians can play in advancing the 2030 Development Agenda including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Global temperatures have been shattered in the first six months of 2016.

Press release

28 July 2016

Heatwave deaths could rise as climate change pushes up temperatures

UNISDR warns of a possible rise in heatwave deaths as climate change drives record warmth around the world putting the lives of vulnerable people at risk.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Displaying the signed agreement between UNISDR, the Ministry of Public Safety and Security and Incheon Metropolitan City are (from left to right) Sarah Wade-Apicella and Sanjaya Bhatia of UNISDR ONEA-GETI, UNISDR Director Kirsi Madi, Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok and Kim Dong-Bin, Director-General of Disaster & Safety Headquarters of Incheon Metropolitan City.

Press release

26 July 2016

Korea gives US$10 million boost to Sendai Framework implementation

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has signed a five-year, US$10 million agreement with the Ministry of Public Safety and Security and Incheon Metropolitan City of the Republic of Korea to support education and training for disaster risk reduction.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction

Kara-Kol, in Kyrgyzstan, is among the cities that will be helped by the ECHO-UNISDR programme to perform risk assessment, draw up risk-informed city development plans, and establish local disaster risk reduction platforms.

Press release

25 July 2016

ECHO supports implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Asia and South Caucasus

A new partnership between the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) will help prevent and reduce disaster risk in the Central Asia and South Caucasus (CASC) region.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for Central Asia (historical record)

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