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

Managing Drought Risk in a Changing Climate

Update

9 September 2021

UNDRR Launches the Arab States Drought Risk Dialogue: Managing Drought Risk in a Changing Climate

1 September 2021 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Arab States launched the “Arab States Drought Risk Dialogue” in a webinar titled “Managing Drought Risk in a Changing Climate” which unpacked the latest findings

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States

Results of the Scoping Paper on Multi-Hazard and Multi-Dimensional Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Sudan

Update

9 September 2021

UNDRR ROAS Launches the Results of the Scoping Paper on Multi-Hazard and Multi-Dimensional Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Sudan

ROAS organized a workshop with ministers and disaster risk managers, and practitioners in Sudan to present the content and recommendation of the Scoping Paper on Multi-Hazard and Multi-Dimensional Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Sudan.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States

Press release

8 September 2021

Building resilient economies: the leading disaster risk experts of the Americas and Caribbean will gather on the UN’s regional platform

Are we prepared for new pandemics? And for evermore extreme events increased by climate change in one of the world’s areas that has suffered the greatest economic losses due to earthquakes and hurricanes?

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

Jamaica - government

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

"The flood mural is a collaborative effort between Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Authority (NDRRMA), the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), Rajapur Municipality, and the Youth Innovation Lab. The activity was carried out first in the classroom where children were allowed to express their experience living with flood through drawings and artistic expression. In the mural, ominous clouds hinted at relentless rain, conveying a message about future flood risks amidst climate

Feature

6 September 2021

Early warning systems saving lives during Nepal’s monsoon

The growing use of mass media and early warning systems through data collected from meteorological and hydrological stations and the rainfall-runoff model is proving effective in saving lives in Nepal.

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

Update

6 September 2021

Asia-Pacific seeks to build back better by addressing climate-disaster-health risks

The year 2020 saw Asia-Pacific deal with the dual occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic along with climate-related disasters, which triggered cascading impacts across sectors. As the region was already not projected to achieve any of the Sustainable

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

Update

1 September 2021

UNDRR Launches the Arab States Drought Risk Dialogue: Managing Drought Risk in a Changing Climate

1 September 2021 – The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for the Arab States launched the “Arab States Drought Risk Dialogue” in a webinar titled “Managing Drought Risk in a Changing Climate” which unpacked the latest

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States

Statements and messages

1 September 2021

UNDRR welcomes WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses

STATEMENT BY MAMI MIZUTORI, SECRETARY-GENERAL SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AT LAUNCH OF WMO ATLAS OF MORTALITY AND ECONOMIC LOSSES FROM WEATHER, CLIMATE AND WATER EXTREMES I would like to applaud my WMO colleagues under the

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Statements and messages

31 August 2021

SRSG Mizutori's remarks at Asia-Pacific Regional Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action in Preparation for the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries

Remarks of SRSG Mizutori at the Asia-Pacific Regional Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action in Preparation for the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (UNLDC-5) in Session 2: Supporting our climate, recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and building a resilient society against future shocks

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Update

31 August 2021

2021 EFDRR Showcase for Resilient Initiatives

2021 EFDRR, true to the multi-stakeholder spirit of the Sendai Framework, aims to offer a space for 15 innovative projects/institutions to present their latest work on disaster risk reduction and resilience building. To apply to showcase your project or

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia

Statements and messages

17 August 2021

SRSG Remarks - Launch of WMO’s Report on the State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020

Launch of WMO’s Report on the State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

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