UNDRR News

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.

For three years, the Maria Naura Gouvêa Municipal School has been living out one of COP30’s central themes: adaptation. During our visit, Kamal Kishore, head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), called the school “a guiding light".

Seven women from Asia and the Pacific, who have achieved exceptional professional success in disaster risk reduction, have been chosen as finalists for the 2025 Women’s International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) Excellence Award.

UNESCO, the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB), and UNDRR joined forces to support media organizations in four African SIDS - Cabo Verde, Comoros, Mauritius, and São Tomé and Príncipe.

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.”