UNDRR Publications

Roles, mandates and areas of work of key United Nations entities:

This second edition gives an overview of the roles, mandates and areas of work of a core set of United Nations agencies and the World Bank in support of national effort to reduce disaster

This document presents the programme of the third session of the Global Platform on disaster risk reduction, which main theme, 'Invest today for a safer tomorrow - Increase investment in local action,' covers three main topics.

This inventory is an attempt to pull together the threads and to identify what does and what does not work in relation to legal, institutional and planning frameworks for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Africa. It aims to further support the

ASEAN Disaster Risk Management Initiative:

This document reports on ASEAN member states’ disaster risks by carrying out a desk review of already available reports, studies, maps, analyses and assessments regarding disaster risks at the country and

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