UNDRR News

This article highlights how the 2024 floods in Rio Grande do Sul triggered a coordinated response with UNDRR, the Dutch DRRS team, and international partners to embed resilient recovery and “Build Back Better” principles into reconstruction.

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. 

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.

Central America and the Dominican Republic face high disaster vulnerability. Investing in resilience is key: protect new infrastructure, strengthen existing assets, and plan for resilient recovery. The challenge: finance resilience, not disasters.

UNDRR and CDRI have signed a partnership agreement aimed at accelerating global efforts to make critical infrastructure more resilient to disasters and climate impacts.

Ahead of WRRC on 3 June, IRP and partners hosted global events sharing good practices on recovery readiness, displacement, private sector resilience and finance - highlighting inclusive planning, collaboration and stronger systems to build back better.

The UN General Assembly has designated the 29th of April as the International Day in Memory of the Victims of Earthquakes, highlighting both the need to support earthquake survivors and to build resilience against earthquakes.

UN-Habitat and UNDRR reiterate their condolences for the tragic loss of life in the aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake and call for greater investment in disaster risk reduction.

The final meeting of UNDRR’s Polish Aid-funded "Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Resilience in the Republic of Moldova" project called on the government and development partners to take action to protect critical infrastructure from disaster risks.

Every year, disasters wreak havoc on infrastructure worldwide, causing economic losses that exceed US$700 billion. The impact is disproportionately felt by poorer nations, where fragile infrastructure can mean years of lost development.