UNDRR Publications

We produce a range of publications by collecting and analysing risk data through a range of tools, knowledge products, and mobilising like-minded partners.

Integrating disaster risk reduction and biodiversity into national strategies and their implementation: Recommendations and guidance for governments thumbnail
Documents and publications

This publication offers practical recommendations for governments to enhance disaster risk reduction (DRR) within national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs).

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Documents and publications

This newsletter highlights UNDRR ONEA & GETI activities in the third quarter of 2025

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
Photos of ARISE Network projects in different countries
Documents and publications

ARISE Annual Report 2024 highlights the achievements, initiatives, and partnerships that shaped ARISE’s work over 2024, advancing resilience, sustainability, and risk-informed development through private sector engagement.

UNDRR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE)
Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030: Report of the Secretary-General (2025) thumbnail
UN resolutions and reports

A/80/333

The Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 provides an overview of progress made toward reducing disaster risk and strengthening resilience worldwide.

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Concept Note: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 thumbnail
Documents and publications

The theme for the 2025 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is "Fund Resilience, Not Disasters". This theme highlights the need to address the escalating costs of disasters by shifting focus from reactive response to proactive investments in DRR.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Documents and publications

This Scorecard Addendum contains questions that allow users to self-assess the resilience of the education system to extreme weather extremes and disasters across ten essential areas of disaster risk reduction at the local level.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
The Africa Common Position for the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction thumbnail
Documents and publications

This document reflects on the progress, challenges, priorities and offers commitments of the African continent on the implementation of the Sendai Framework in connection to the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.

African Union
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Demographic Intelligence for Disaster Risk Reduction: Estimating Population Exposure to Multiple Hazards in Latin America and the Caribbean
Documents and publications

This analysis presents a foundational, spatially explicit assessment of population exposure to key natural hazards across Latin America and the Caribbean.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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Documents and publications

This narrative analysis highlights how twelve countries are confronting the realities of extreme heat through diverse governance models, partnerships, and innovations.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN)
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
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Documents and publications

This report identifies best practices & persistent challenges to provide a structured framework for improving heat resilience based on evaluations of heat action plans from 6 countries—Australia, Canada, France, India, the United Kingdom, & United States

Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

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Further UNDRR knowledge offerings

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Terminology
Definitions on disaster risk reduction to promote a common understanding on the subject for use by the public, authorities and practitioners.
WiA
Words into Action
Guidelines, based on global expertise, communities of practice, and networks of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) practitioners. The guidelines provide practical, specific advice on implementing a people-centered approach to DRR.
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