Press release

Portuguese Resilient Cities Network
The Portuguese National Platform on DRR’s working group on Resilient Cities met in Loulé, with certificates handed to 51 local governments for their efforts in building local resilience as part of the Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) initiative.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
MTR art outside UNHQ
Leaders are gathering in the UN Headquarters in New York, for the High-Level Meeting of the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework. A political declaration to accelerate action on disaster resilience and progress on the Framework has been adopted.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Hurricane in the Caribbean, palm tree on a beach
Increasing numbers of people are being affected by larger, ever more complex and more expensive disasters because decision makers are failing to put people first and prevent risks from becoming disasters.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
speakers
A global initiative to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected by early warnings by 2027 is being fast-tracked into action on the ground.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
International Telecommunication Union
Panel at technical session at EFDRR AOD Romania
The EFDRR Roadmap Action-Oriented Dialogue in Bucharest in February 2023 brought European civil protection leaders and stakeholders together to examine different approaches to building societal resilience through effective risk communication.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Romania - government
Palace of the Parliament building in Bucharest
The EFDRR Roadmap Action-Oriented Dialogue on ‘Understanding and communicating existing and future risks: Ensuring evidence-based communication’ is taking place in Bucharest this week on 23-24 February.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Romania - government
CAI final event
UNDRR and CESDRR organised a final meeting to mark the closure and showcase the achievements of the EU-funded “Strengthening disaster resilience and accelerating implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Asia” project.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL) for the Caribbean
The “Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL) for the Caribbean” aims to drive coordinated political action towards strengthening multi-hazard early warning systems.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
United Nations Resident Coordinator Offices for the Caribbean States
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
Barbados - government
IOM
The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has joined the Making Cities Resilient (MCR2030) initiative as a supporting entity.
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
The Government of Croatia and the Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative for South-Eastern Europe, with UNDRR support, organised a 3-day workshop on the EFDRR Roadmap priority area on investing in disaster risk reduction (DRR)
Croatia - government
Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative for South Eastern Europe
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia

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