UNDRR Publications

We produce a range of publications by collecting and analysing risk data through a range of tools, knowledge products, and mobilising like-minded partners.

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Documents and publications
Disaster risk profile - Ghana

This country risk profile for Ghana provides a comprehensive view of hazard, risk and uncertainties for floods and droughts in a changing climate, with projections for the period 2050-2100.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
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Disaster risk profile - Cameroon (Cameroun)

This country risk profile for Cameroon provides a comprehensive view of hazard, risk and uncertainties for floods and droughts in a changing climate, with projections for the period 2050-2100.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
Documents and publications
Disaster risk profile - Botswana

This country risk profile for Botswana provides a comprehensive view of hazard, risk and uncertainties for floods and droughts in a changing climate, with projections for the period 2050-2100.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
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Disaster risk profile - São Tomé and Príncipe

This São Tomé and Príncipe country risk profile provides a comprehensive view of hazard, risk and uncertainties for floods and droughts in a changing climate, with projections for the period 2050-2100.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
Documents and publications
Disaster risk profile - Tanzania

This Tanzania country risk profile provides a comprehensive view of hazard, risk and uncertainties for floods and droughts in a changing climate, with projections for the period 2050-2100.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
Documents and publications
Disaster risk profile - Angola

This Angola country risk profile provides a comprehensive view of hazard, risk and uncertainties for floods and droughts in a changing climate, with projections for the period 2050-2100.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
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Building disaster resilience to natural hazards in Sub-Saharan African countries and communities 2014-2017 report

This document reports on the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) - European Union (EU) cooperation Programme “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities”, financed under the 10th European

World Bank, the
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
African Development Bank
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the (GFDRR)
African Union Commission
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Towards disaster risk informed and inclusive sustainable development

This document gives insight into conference proceedings at The Africa-Arab Platform on disaster risk reduction which took place from 9-13 October in Tunis, Tunisia under the theme “towards disaster risk informed and inclusive sustainable development.”

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Educational materials
Tsunamis: Get up to high ground 2018 booklet

The booklet provides relevant tsunami facts and explains both how to identify a tsunami and how to cope with one.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
COPE Disaster Champions
Documents and publications
International efforts for industrial and chemical accidents prevention, preparedness and response

The brochure has been prepared by the Inter-Agency Coordination Group for Industrial and Chemical Accidents. The Inter-Agency Coordination Group is an informal forum that brings together international organizations and institutions working on the

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
European Commission
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Asian University Network of Environment and Disaster Risk Management
Foundation for the Philippine Environment
Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit
European Process Safety Centre

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