Press release

Geneva - Swiss and Geneva flags
Geneva, Switzerland, has been selected as the host of the headquarters of the secretariat of the Santiago network for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage. The decision was made by the Advisory Board at its first meeting.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Guatemala implementa iniciativa Alerta Temprana para Todas las
This national launch in Guatemala will consolidate multi-agency efforts to address existing gaps in risk knowledge, hazard monitoring and forecasting, warning dissemination and communication, and rapid response.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
International Telecommunication Union
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Guatemala - government
Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project
The Santiago network for Loss and Damage will catalyze technical assistance and boost the capacity of vulnerable developing countries to effectively manage climate-related loss and damage.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Project Services
COP28 backdrop
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and UNOPS will host the Santiago network Secretariat which aims to avert, minimize and address loss and damage from the impacts of climate change.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Project Services
African woman in long suit standing by the shore and looking out over the sea in Keta Ghana, West Africa.
A new report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) finds more lives are being protected from dangerous climate change but there is a long way to go.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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Persons with disabilities face a shocking lack of support to cope with disasters, with no progress in the last decade, despite a huge increase in climate disasters worldwide. The lack of progress could be a violation of international law.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
WIN DRR Leadership Awards 2023
The WIN DRR Leadership Awards recognise women’s achievements in disaster risk reduction across the Asia-Pacific region.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Kickstart of the Water at the Heart of Climate Action initiative
Whether – like in Derna - it’s too much water leading to floods, or too little water causing droughts, or polluted water resulting in health risks, addressing the dangers that water poses can save lives.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Netherlands - government
Netherlands Red Cross
Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre
speakers
Multilateral Development Banks (MDB’s) are coalescing around the Secretary-General’s US$3.1B initiative to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected by life-saving early warning systems in the face of increasingly more extreme and dangerous weather.
United Nations - Headquarters
Man showing early warning system
At Climate Ambition Summit, UN agencies and IFRC kickstart major initiative towards realizing Early Warnings for All by 2027
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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