UNDRR News

It's the first time that DRR has been considered within the Priority Theme of the CSW: Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes

On 23 February 2022, UNDRR, with the financial support of the European Union, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan, convened an expert-level meeting with members of the National Platform for DRR at the UN House.

Disaster risk has always been systemic and understanding risk in those terms must become the ‘new normal'. No single approach is adequate, given the complex and uncertain nature of risk; instead, 'toolbox approaches' are needed

The UNDRR Regional Office for the Arab States launched the Women’s Leadership in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Publication in commemoration of Women’s International Day.

I express my solidarity with the people of Ukraine and call for an immediate cessation of hostilities. This escalating violence -- which is resulting in civilian deaths, including children – is totally unacceptable.

On 28 February 2022, the official handover ceremony for the Africa Multi-hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (AMHEWAS) Situation Room for Disaster Risk Reduction took place

With the world approaching a system-wide crisis point, the SG’s recommendations on strategic foresight to address major catastrophic risks are extremely timely. These recommendations were given further credence by the recent IPCC report.

UNDRR accompanied an Italian delegation led by the Director Mr. Luca Maestripieri from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS).

The International Recovery Forum 2022, with the theme, “BRedesigning Systems for Resilience through Recovery: Assessing Progress and the Unfinished Agenda at the Midpoint of the Sendai Framework ,” was held online on 19 January 2022.

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