The first virtual meeting of the Africa Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction (AWGDRR) was held on Thursday, 23 July 2020 from 14:30-17:30hrs. The meeting was attended by over 80 participants from member organizations, including Member States, Regional

With the deadline for achieving Target E of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 just around the corner at the end of 2020, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) presents this report as an overview of the

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) through its Science and Technology Advisory Group (STAG) established a working group on ‘Data’ that has been active during 2018 and 2019. This is a part of the UNDRR drive to enhance

A brief report of the impact of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas & the Caribbean. 

Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019 was published to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, drawing on the Emergency Events Database of the Centre for Research  on the Epidemiology of Disasters, based at the University of

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2019

The present report has been prepared as requested by the General Assembly in resolution 74/218 on disaster risk reduction and resolution 73/230 on effective global response to address the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon. It provides an overview of

In 2018, as part of the “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities” programme, UNDRR, with the help of CIMA Research Foundation, VU Amsterdam, and Wageningen University and Research developed