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.

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Experts from the National Platform for DRR of Tajikistan and related national agencies, international and local organizations, and representatives of academia participated in a workshop to validate the results of a stress test of the country’s DRM system
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Launching of CREWS Greater Horn of Africa
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The Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative launched the "Greater Horn of Africa: Strengthening early warning and early action systems for meteorological, hydrological, and climate extremes" project.
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Bank, the
The Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems Initiative
National Consultation Workshop Palestine
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The UNDRR ROAS, in collaboration with the National Center for Disaster Risk Management, organized a National Consultation Workshop on the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework 2015-2030 for the Arab Region in Ramallah, Palestine.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Panorama od old town and mountains of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
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COP27 host Sharm El-Sheikh has set its sights on being recognized as a global leader in urban disaster resilience.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Eighth LAS-Japan-UNDP Policy Roundtable
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The UNDRR participated in the eighth policy roundtable discussion organized by the League of Arab States and the Government of Japan, in partnership with the UNDP, under the title “Building Resilience to Climate Disasters and the Road to COP27.”
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
League of Arab States
Japan - government
Amazon indigenous family living on floating wooden house in Brazil
Community announcement
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk reductions invites members of the DRR community to comment on the new Words into Action guide on using traditional knowledges for disaster risk reduction.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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UNDRR and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) organized a workshop to enhance coordination mechanism at the regional, sub-regional and national level for early warning systems and transboundary risk management (TRM).
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Southern African Development Community
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
Netherlands Red Cross
CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
DLD Workshop
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More than 20 experts from regional offices of the CoES of Tajikistan participated in a training workshop on using the DesInventar-Sendai disaster information management software to record damage and losses due to disasters.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Caribbean Regional Workshop on Measuring Effectiveness of Early Warning Systems through Sendai Framework Target (g) and Custom Indicators
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Using the structures incorporated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030), Trinidad and Tobago is taking a comprehensive overview of hazards, risks and uncertainties to inform its decision-making and planning.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and head of UNDDR, speaking at a formal session on “Working towards the 2023 SDG Summit.”
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Discussions at the UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2022 highlight the need for disaster risk reduction as an enabler and protector of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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