UNDRR Publications

This kit complements the UNISDR National platforms for disaster risk reduction (DRR) guidelines. It presents a set of practical steps necessary to establish, maintain and sustain platforms, outlining actions, examples and resources available for those

The League of Arab States developed the Arab Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction 2020 (ASDRR), which was adopted by the Council of Arab Ministers Responsible for the Environment in its 22nd session, held in Cairo on 19 December 2010.

This paper analyses the level of progress made in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and disaster management into national policies, planning processes, plans and decision-making at all levels and across all sectors, and more particularly into National

This study provides an analysis of the current level of integration of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Pacific, with an emphasis on the policy and institutional environment, and provides recommendations to regional and

This document presents the consequences, four weeks after, of the "Great Eastern Japan Earthquake" and tsunami that took place in Japan on March, 11 2011. It is intended to help understand better the damages and losses caused by the earthquake and the tsunami. The document reports on the initiatives of the government and the implications for tsunami preparedness in terms of non-structural measures and structural measures (pre-disaster education, evacuation areas, etc.). It also highlights the profile of the earthquake, casualties, damage to economical bases, evacuation, and other data with photographs.

This report includes the extended Programme of Action for the implementation of the Africa Regional Strategy for disaster risk reduction (2006-2015) and the recommendations of the second African Ministerial Declaration on disaster risk reduction held in

This communiqué reaffirms the commitment of the participants to the guiding principles of DRR and climate change adaptation and strongly encourages the consideration of these priorities defined by the institutions and governments of the Americas.

This document is the report of a workshop where participants representing local authorities, researchers, academic experts, international and regional organizations discussed regional priorities and challenges with respect to urban risk reduction as well

This report is a synthesis of a risk assessment study of South Asian Region (SAR) countries. The study gives an overview of the SAR hazard risk and vulnerability assessment providing a major natural hazard risk overview and vulnerability assessment. It

This paper presents a mid-term review of the Pacific Regional disaster risk management (DRM) Framework for Action (RFA). It provides information about: (i) the extent to which the RFA and the Hyogo Framework for Action have progressed so far; (ii) the