UNDRR News

The High-Level Policy Forum on accelerated financing for Disaster Risk Reduction is a step towards mobilizing the necessary financing and political will to protect our communities and future generations from the escalating impacts of disasters.

The Venice Sustainability Foundation published the Disaster Resilience Assessment of the city of Venice, resulting from the MCR2030 cultural heritage addendum workshop in July 2024, with endorsement from the Venice Municipality.

City and business leaders from Barcelona, Bridgetown, and Sendai collaborate to strengthen SME resilience at a UNDRR-hosted workshop in Barcelona.

The first meeting of the National Platform Working Group on Monitoring and Information System Development took place with support from the UNDRR and the Government of Switzerland in Tajikistan.

The first meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group, under the South African Presidency took place on 5 March.

The National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) of Tajikistan convened a meeting to discuss key disaster risk management initiatives, supported by the UNDRR and the Government of Switzerland.

Standard Chartered announces completion of first adaptation finance deal for a corporate client following launch of the breakthrough Guide for Adaptation and Resilience Finance, developed in partnership with UNDRR.

Fijian Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) officially handed over its Resilience Action Plan to Kamal Kishore, SRSG for Disaster Risk Reduction, marking a milestone as the first South Pacific broadcaster to develop a disaster preparedness and response plan.

On 3-4, March 2025, a delegation from Mozambique visited Tanzania's Emergency Operations and Communication Centre (EOCC) National Situation Room in Dodoma, as part of the African Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Action System (AMHEWAS) programme.

The Dadaab refugee complex in Garissa County has been continuously expanding since its creation in 1991. Home to more than 400,000 people, the three camps that make up the complex welcome victims of conflict and persecution but also climate shocks.