Update

In Tajikistan, from 12-14 November 2025, an important training workshop on using risk knowledge for multi-hazard early warning systems took place within the framework of the project “Strengthening resilience to disasters and climate change in Tajikistan.”

From 1 to 5 June 2026, stakeholders convened to validate South Sudan’s Revised Disaster Risk Management Policy. The event was organized by UNDRR in collaboration with South Sudan's MHADM, FAO, WFP, and IGAD-ICPAC.

UNDRR launched a series of online training sessions for Algerian cities participating in the Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) initiative.

In July 2026, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Regional Office for Africa, co-organized three discussion-based exercises (DBXs) in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire and Zambia.

More than 20 representatives convened in São Tomé from 7 to 9 September 2026, for an assessment on Risk-Informed Urban Planning and Making Cities Resilient. The assessment was organised by the District of Água Grande in collaboration with UNDRR.

Making homes more resilient is about understanding the risks people face, working with communities and finding solutions that help people live safely, before disaster strikes, not simply rebuild afterwards.

This month's issue covers preparations for International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2026, SRSG Kamal Kishore's mission to Cuba, Colombia and Haiti, new data tracking progress under the Sendai Framework and more inside.

The advisory note,“El Niño Is Strengthening. Is Your Business Ready?”, developed by CCRO Network members and contributors to help business leaders prepare for the growing risks associated with the strengthening El Niño event.

Under the theme “Translating Locally led Resilience into Action in the Age of Complex Risk and Digital Transformation”, IDRLF2026 addressed persistent implementation gaps for DRR with more than 350 stakeholders.

Civil Defence, meteorological and hydrological services, communications, and urban planning have operated for decades as an integrated system, with clearly defined roles and joint working mechanisms consolidated through practice.