منشورات مكتب الأمم المتحدة للحد من مخاطر الكوارث

Representatives from several Arab States, including disaster risk reduction (DRR) national focal points and officials from ministries of finance and planning, gathered in Cairo for a two-day capacity-building workshop on Financing Disaster Risk Reduction.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is pleased to announce that the State of Qatar will host the Ninth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2028)

Elaine Reyes sits down with Kamal Kishore, Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of UNDRR to talk about how to prepare communities to deal with the impacts of climate change,

UNDRR organized a training on Readiness for Resilient Recovery, with a focus on Infrastructure and Housing, with more than 20 country representatives aimed at sharpening their abilities to recover faster, better and more resilient after disasters.

Eighteen small and medium-sized enterprises from across Sendai City took part in a half-day resilience workshop on 23 October 2025, marking a new push to strengthen business continuity ahead of future disasters.

For three years, the Maria Naura Gouvêa Municipal School has been living out one of COP30’s central themes: adaptation. During our visit, Kamal Kishore, head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), called the school “a guiding light".

UNDRR commemorated World Tsunami Awareness Day at UN Headquarters in New York, bringing together Member States, UN leaders, scientists, local officials and youth representatives.