UNDRR News

Today ECOWAS inaugurated its new Disaster Operations Centre in Abuja to strengthen regional coordination and improved data and information exchange among its Member States.

As part of UNDRR commitment to climate action, an event was organized at Bonn Climate Change Conference led by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of UNDRR Mami Mizutori.

An estimated 111 million people are better protected against climate-related hazards thanks to early warning systems put into place in 2022 by the Climate Risk Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative.

Trust is critical to effective risk communication. Where communities feel they are not receiving or able to understand or trust the warnings being disseminated, they are less likely to take action in the face of a hazard.

Thanks to anticipatory action and investment in early warning efforts by the Government of Mozambique with support of the United Nations, the number of deaths and people displaced by Cyclone Freddy is lower than in past comparable cyclones.

The Portuguese National Platform on DRR’s working group on Resilient Cities met in Loulé, with certificates handed to 51 local governments for their efforts in building local resilience as part of the Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) initiative.

UNDRR ROAS in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, ARISE-UAE, and ThinkProp organized “Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Media Workshop,” which comes to actively engage and in the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has been working to support various organizations across the Caribbean to incorporate multiple hazards into their understanding of EWS.

The nominations for the 2023 WIN DRR Leadership Awards are now open!

The Women International Network on Disaster Risk Reduction Philippines Chapter (WINDRR PH) was officially launched on 26 April 2023, garnering local and international support for women's leadership in disaster risk reduction.