UNDRR News

The 23rd session of the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (AWGDRR), took place from 11 to 13 November 2025. This session identified key barriers to inclusive early warning systems and proposed practical strategies.

This month from UNDRR: GP2028, COP30, UNDRR Strategic Framework 2026-2030, WIN DRR Leadership Awards, Resilience for Syria and Latin America and the Caribbean, DRR training, infrastructure resilience, tsunami awareness, and much more

With ISO 22372 now in place, infrastructure stakeholders have a shared, practical, and internationally recognized guide for building a safer, more resilient future in alignment with the Principles for Resilient Infrastructure. 

As disasters become increasingly complex and climate impacts intensify worldwide, UNDRR is launching a new online training course, Covering disasters from a different lens, at the 9th ABU Media Summit on Climate Action and Disaster Prevention.

The WIN DRR Leadership Awards 2025 have been granted to Ms Nashin Mahtani of Indonesia and Ms Takena Redfern of Kiribati in recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to safeguarding communities across Asia and the Pacific.

Representatives from several Arab States, including disaster risk reduction (DRR) national focal points and officials from ministries of finance and planning, gathered in Cairo for a two-day capacity-building workshop on Financing Disaster Risk Reduction.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is pleased to announce that the State of Qatar will host the Ninth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2028)

Elaine Reyes sits down with Kamal Kishore, Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of UNDRR to talk about how to prepare communities to deal with the impacts of climate change,

UNDRR organized a training on Readiness for Resilient Recovery, with a focus on Infrastructure and Housing, with more than 20 country representatives aimed at sharpening their abilities to recover faster, better and more resilient after disasters.

UNDRR commemorated World Tsunami Awareness Day at UN Headquarters in New York, bringing together Member States, UN leaders, scientists, local officials and youth representatives.