UNDRR Publications

This report summarizes all activities implemented for Comoros in the context of the joint UNISDR/ISLANDS project entitled "Strengthening Capacities for Unified Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Through the Facilitation of Risk Transfer

This disaster risk reduction situation report explains the drivers of disaster risk in Nepal and draws attention to the efforts that have been undertaken to reduce these risks. Within these efforts special attention is paid to the economics of DRR

Assessment of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (AIRDR) Publication No. 2

This report summarizes the currently available scientific knowledge on incentives for disaster risk management. It explains how disaster risk knowledge has evolved over the past

Assessment of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (AIRDR) Publication No. 3

This report summarizes scientific knowledge on the emerging field of disaster governance. It explains what we currently know about governance and disaster risk management; how

Assessment of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (AIRDR) Publication No. 4This report explores what constitutes transformative disaster risk management and explains the relationship between disaster risk management and development. In this context, special attention is paid to how disaster risk management and development have evolved over the past years and where the research gaps are in our present knowledge.

The report elaborates on five key questions: i) how does transformation relate conceptually to research on vulnerability and resilience; ii) what areas of disaster risk reduction have the potential to transform development; iii) do incremental steps of improved disaster risk management lead to transformed policy and practice; iv) what concrete development benefits of transformative disaster risk management and v) how can progress in disaster risk reduction and development be measured.

The report was commissioned by UNISDR to inform the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, section on the Future of Disaster Risk Management. It builds on work conducted for the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Assessment of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR AIRDR Publication No. 1)

This disaster risk reduction situation report on the 25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake is divided into three parts: historical disaster impacts, risks and scenarios, and disaster risk reduction (DRR) implementation status. It provides an overview of Nepal's

Identificación de elementos para la formulación de una Estrategia Suramericana para la reducción del riesgo de desastres liderada por el Grupo de Trabajo de Alto Nivel para la Gestión Integral del Riesgo de Desastres de UNASUR.

This declaration of children and youth for the resilience of Latin America and the Caribbean was submitted at the fourth thematic session of the regional platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Americas (RP14). The children, adolescents and