UNDRR News

The World Bank Group (WB), the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) organised a special event on South Eastern Europe (SEE) and Disaster Risk Reduction. This event

The final version of the Chair's Summary includes comments expressed in plenary during the closing ceremony. It also reflects written comments received following the Chair's invitation to submit additional remarks by 8 July 2009. > View Chair's Summary

The Global Platform ended today with participants from more than 300 regional/national organizations and governments urging political leaders to implement measures to halve the number of deaths from natural hazards by 2015. > View full story

This week’s Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be carbon neutral, in line with the “Greening the UN” initiative which aims at climate neutrality. Accordingly, the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) secretariat, which

Chair's Summary, speeches, statements, videos, etc... Additional coverage on the Global Platform homepage

The 2009 laureate for the Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction is geologist Dr Eko Teguh Paripurno. He receives the award - valued at US$ 50,000 - for his lifetime contribution and his outstanding commitment to reduce disaster risk and building capacity at the community level in Indonesia, one of the countries most vulnerable to multiple hazards.

The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction opens in Geneva Leaders and representatives from some 165 Governments gathering here today for the 2009 Global Platform on Disaster Reduction will be urged to ‘invest today for a safer tomorrow’ – or face much harder decisions in the years to come.

The Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Reduction (DRR) opening in Geneva, Switzerland tomorrow (Tuesday) will hear details of the world’s safest places and those most threatened by sudden onset hazard. The information is drawn from a new

The upcoming Global Platform on Disaster Reduction will feature an impressive 42 thematic special events, which will complement and support the high-level plenary sessions. The events will focus on different aspects of disaster risk reduction, including

The recently published Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: Risk and Poverty in a Changing Climate identifies ecosystems decline as a key disaster risk driver that will exacerbate natural hazards in the future. Healthy ecosystems provide