UNDRR News

The latest news from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the lead UN agency for the coordination of disaster risk reduction (DRR).

Group photo of participants in Aden Yemen
Update

Over the past four years, UNDRR has been working to embed a better understanding of risks across the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding contexts, with examples from Somalia, Guatemala and Yemen.

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Regional Workshop
Update

More than 35 participants participated in the Regional Workshop on DELTA Resilience, co-organized by UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS) and the Government of Qatar from 29 to 30 October 2025.

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Qatar - government
Update

Tune in to listen to Le-Anne Roper, Programme Management Officer at UNDRR and Simone Sandholz, Senior expert at UNU-EHS share their insights on Nature-based Solutions to enhance climate resilience

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Photo of WTAD event in Geneva
Update

With more people than ever exposed to tsunamis, UNDRR and the Permanent Mission of Japan organized an event to mark a decade of World Tsunami Awareness Day.

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Statements and messages

On this 10th World Tsunami Awareness Day, let us invest in preparedness – for every coastline, and every community, everywhere.

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Group discussion at BCP Workshop in Sendai City
Update

Eighteen small and medium-sized enterprises from across Sendai City took part in a half-day resilience workshop on 23 October 2025, marking a new push to strengthen business continuity ahead of future disasters.

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Picture of the renovated situation room.
Update

The official launch of the National EW4ALL Roadmap took place in Niamey on 13 October, during the commemoration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 under the theme Fund Resilience, Not Disasters.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Bahrain
Feature

The Kingdom of Bahrain underscores its sustained commitment to the Sendai Framework at the international, regional, and national levels.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Workshop Dj
Update

A two-day technical workshop on leveraging risk knowledge to strengthen Early Warning and Early Action brought together 25 representatives from national agencies responsible for risk assessment, early warning, and disaster risk management.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Man holding a loud speaker for early warning in Bangladesh.
Update

The Advisory Panel of the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative has issued a Joint Statement calling for accelerated, coordinated action to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected by lifesaving multi-hazard early warning systems.

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World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

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