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A day after millions of young people globally marched and rallied for urgent climate action, young leaders brought their message to the ministers and leaders, both at the dedicated youth event and later, at the Climate Action Summit.

The promotion of resilient infrastructure is at the heart of this year's International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13.

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE) and the Ministry of the Interior for Finland have joined together to develop a new stress test tool that will help countries understand and improve their ability to reduce risk of hybrid threats and cascading disaster scenarios.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitment (SFVC) first Synthesis and Analysis Report was launched in Geneva during the recent Global Platform. Voluntary Commitments (VCs) are made by multiple stakeholders (private sector, local governments, civil society organizations, academia, media, etc.) in support of the implementation of the Sendai Framework, the global roadmap for reducing disaster loses by 2030.

The prestigious RISK Award went today to a project which pioneers floating houses in Bangladesh

Leading figures from the world of business took part in a high-level dialogue on risk-informed public and private investments at the Global Platform

The 2nd Multi-hazard Early Warning Conference closed today with a strong focus on good governance and effective early warnings.

It was a rich first day of discussion at the Science&Policy Forum in the lead up to the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction which opens on Wednesday.

World media outlets came together in Geneva to discuss their role in helping to reduce disaster losses and educating the public.

Representatives from twenty cities in the Making Cities Resilient Campaign met in Incheon in the Republic of Korea recently to share their experience and progress towards disaster risk planning.