UNDRR News

UN Secretary-General’s Early Warnings for All Action Plan, announced at COP27, advances UNDRR’s strategy for a world with zero climate disasters.

The coastal Swedish city of Malmö is transforming many parts of its city from an environmental, social, and economic perspective to strengthen its climate resilience. The municipality is keen to share its experience to inspire other local governments

Early warning systems alert communities that a tsunami is on its way – but the public needs to be prepared to act and reduce the risk. A new UNDRR initiative inspires tsunami preparedness.

On this World Tsunami Awareness Day, let us commit to closing these gaps by achieving Target G of the Sendai Framework to expand early warning and early action for everyone.

Mexico City has built a comprehensive risk governance system enabling it to scale up climate resilience action across the metropolitan area

The UCLG MEWA organized a 2-day training on Disaster Risk Reduction and urban resilience for Arab Cities, in collaboration with the UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States, UCLG Learning, and Arab Towns Organization.

Mongolia’s capital city Ulaanbaatar and all its 21 Provinces have joined the world’s leading global collaboration to strengthen urban resilience.

Greater Manchester has a population of almost 3 million residents and has an ambition to be carbon neutral by 2038. This forms part of a wider strategic approach to becoming a greener, fairer, and more prosperous city region

Ms. Lalaine Marcos, representative of the Mayor’s Office of Ormoc City, Philippines, urged cities to grasp the opportunity of a more sustainable future through risk-informed decisions on how they plan their social, economic, and environmental development

Moroni, Comoros, 11- 12 October 2022, The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Regional Office for Arab States organized the first consultation workshop on the National Disaster Risk Reduction Platform and National DRR Strategy in Comoros.