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.

South Sudan man sweeping dry streets
Feature
A new initiative to improve the understanding of climate and disaster risk in humanitarian and fragile contexts, was announced today at COP27 in Egypt at a side event organized by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Street shade in Incheon
Feature
Incheon Metropolitan City is committed to protecting the lives and wellbeing of its more than 3 million citizens in the face of more frequent extreme temperatures
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
Incheon Metropolitan City
Presentan guía de innovación del sector privado para reducción del riesgo de desastres en El Salvador
Update
The guide was commissioned by UNDRR and developed in collaboration between the TRANSFORM project of the University of Waterloo, Canada, with ARISE networks in Central America and twenty companies in the region who provided input to the document.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
High-level Event on Public-Private Approaches
Update
The French Government hosted a high-level event at COP27 on Public-Private Partnership in response to the ‘Early Warning for All Initiative’, which was announced by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the COP27.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Early Warning-Niger
Update
In March 2022, United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, announced the UN would spearhead new action to ensure every person on Earth is protected by early warning systems within five years.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development
SRSG Mami Mizutori with UN SG Guterres at COP 27
Feature
UN Secretary-General’s Early Warnings for All Action Plan, announced at COP27, advances UNDRR’s strategy for a world with zero climate disasters.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Malmo, Sweden, is prioritizing the greening of its urban spaces
Feature
The coastal Swedish city of Malmö is transforming many parts of its city from an environmental, social, and economic perspective to strengthen its climate resilience. The municipality is keen to share its experience to inspire other local governments
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
City of Malmö
Local communities walk their tsunami evacuation route in the in the Quatre-Sœurs area in Mauritius
Update
Early warning systems alert communities that a tsunami is on its way – but the public needs to be prepared to act and reduce the risk. A new UNDRR initiative inspires tsunami preparedness.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Head of UNDRR Mami Mizutori for IDDRR 2022
Statements and messages
On this World Tsunami Awareness Day, let us commit to closing these gaps by achieving Target G of the Sendai Framework to expand early warning and early action for everyone.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Urban garden planting in Mexico City
Feature
Mexico City has built a comprehensive risk governance system enabling it to scale up climate resilience action across the metropolitan area
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Federal District of Mexico City

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