UNDRR News

On World Tsunami Awareness Day, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction urges the world to “Invest in Tsunami Preparedness” to save lives and protect livelihoods.

The expansion of tsunami early warning systems since 2004 is shows how international cooperation can improve people’s lives. But sustained investment is essential. On World Tsunami Awareness Day, we call on countries to invest in tsunami preparedness.

UNDRR and South Korea's NDTI organized a week-long study visit with a delegation of 13 disaster management officers to Bonn and Frankfurt, Germany.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is pleased to announce that the Proceedings of the GP2025 are now available in the six official languages of the United Nations.

As the Second World Summit on Social Development (WSSD) kicks off this week, the message is clear: protecting people and development gains is essential to help countries anticipate, mitigate, and recover from crises while sustaining development progress.

Leaders from organizations of persons with disabilities across seven countries in Asia came together in Bangkok to learn, teach, and collaborate in the Training of Trainers on Urban Resilience and Disability Inclusion, organized by UNDRR.

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.

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.

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

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.