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Cuba is strengthening DRR through anticipatory action, risk-informed planning and inclusive Cooperation Frameworks that address climate hazards and social vulnerabilities.
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
The outcomes will contribute to the development of Grenada's national MHEWS Gap Analysis and Implementation Roadmap, providing a strategic framework to guide future investments and coordinated action towards Early Warnings for All initiative.
European Union
The Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems Initiative (CREWS)
Grenada - government
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
The Gender and Disability-Inclusive DRR Capacity-Building on Tropical Cyclones and Flash Floods brought together SEN educators, Local Disaster Management Coordinators (LDMCs) from across Mauritius and Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs).
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
As climate change, rapid urbanization, and environmental pressures reshape Egypt's risk landscape, strengthening resilience has become increasingly important for safeguarding development gains, public investments, and sustainable economic growth.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
The Arab region is experiencing increasingly complex and interconnected risks driven by climate change, rapid urbanization, environmental degradation, and protracted crises.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Representatives of the Arab stakeholder groups for disaster risk reduction (DRR) convened virtually to strengthen regional collaboration and align priorities with the UNDRR Work Programme 2026–2030.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
The Associate Programme Management Officer for IRP is located in UNDRR Office in Kobe, Japan, and reports to the Programme Management Officer, Head of Recovery Readiness Unit, UNDRR Office in Geneva.
Children who understand dangers, who are empowered and listened to, can play an important role in their own protection. When children speak out, and their needs are prioritized, they contribute to long-term development after a disaster, and help build safer communities for everyone.
UNDRR identifies locally led disaster risk reduction as a catalytic area, recognizing that resilience is built where risks are most directly experienced. Cities, municipalities, and communities are on the frontline of disasters, and their leadership is central to creating equitable, inclusive, and sustainable urban futures.
Led by the Directorate General for Civil Protection (DGPC) with support from the Early Warnings for All initiative, Haiti is building the systems, partnerships, and capacities needed to deliver timely, actionable and people-centred multi-hazard early warning system.
Through the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, Mozambique is building the systems, partnerships, and community networks needed to turn forecasts into timely action that saves lives.
Through the Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, Bangladesh is strengthening inclusive, end-to-end early warning systems through national leadership and partnerships.
The Early Warnings for All initiative is at the heart of Liber'a's efforts to strengthen disaster preparedness and early warning systems, to protect every person from disasters through timely, inclusive, and coordinated action.
Led by the Government, with support from the Early Warnings for All Initiative, Somalia is laying the foundation for a multi-hazard early warning system (MHEWS) to save lives, protect livelihoods, and build resilience before disasters.
Disaster costs now exceed over $2.3 trillion annually when cascading and ecosystem costs are taken into account. The Global Assessment Report (GAR) 2025: Resilience Pays: Financing and Investing for our Future highlights how smarter investment can re-set the destructive cycle of disasters, debt, un-insurability and humanitarian need that threatens a climate-changed world.
Timor-Leste’s United Nations partners are linking DRR, climate action, food security, early warning, social protection and resilient infrastructure to help communities move from crisis response to resilience.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
World Food Programme (WFP)
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN)
This project position is located at the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Headquarters in Geneva. The incumbent reports to the Senior Coordination Officer of the Intergovernmental processes, Interagency cooperation and Partnerships Branch..
Representatives from governments, regional organizations, United Nations agencies, technical institutions and city authorities gathered in Algiers for a three-day regional workshop on urban resilience, smart cities and risk-informed development.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 looks at present and future trends, showing how forensic analysis can enable more targeted and more effective risk reduction.
Wildfires dominate headlines for their high price tags, but behind the insured losses are even greater invisible costs: the lasting social, health, ecological, and economic costs that shape recovery long after the flames die down and the smoke clears.
A regular meeting of the National Platform of the Republic of Tajikistan for DRR was held in Dushanbe. The event was chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan, Chairperson of the National Platform, Sulaimon Ziyozoda.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
The UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States (ROAS) was established in 2007 to support the Arab States and communities build their resilience to disasters.
Geneva disaster prevention dialogues Driving the global shift from response to prevention by 2030 Geneva is a global hub for disaster prevention. The city hosts leaders from disaster risk reduction, humanitarian action, health, human rights, peace and security, and finance. The Geneva Disaster
CRM is a holistic approach to managing the risks associated with both climatic and non-climatic hazards across varied time scales and levels. It seeks to build long-term resilience among countries and communities in vulnerable conditions, considering the full spectrum of extreme and slow-onset events, as well as their resulting impacts.
Disability inclusion in disaster risk reduction The failure to include persons with disabilities in the world’s efforts to reduce the risks of disasters has dramatic consequences. Due to inaccessible disaster preparedness plans, systemic discrimination, and widespread poverty, persons with
UNDRR works globally with governments, institutions, the private sector and civil society to build capacity to mainstream disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation into sustainable development.
Children and Youth Young people are tremendously innovative, adaptable, and resourceful. Empowering young people is the world’s best chance of building resilient communities as they comprise the largest and most interconnected generation in history. Yet, young people are particularly vulnerable to
Existing and potential use cases of losses and damages data across a range of different domains are presented as a small demonstration of the many applications available today and anticipated in the future
The UNRR Regional Assessment Reports on Disaster Risk Reductions (RAR) provide an understanding of the regional risks and progress in risk reduction, while highlighting the key issues and challenges
Of all risk reduction and climate change adaptation measures, early warning and early action stand as one of the best-proven and cost-effective methods for reducing disaster deaths and losses.
Kamal Kishore is the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) since May 2024.
We produce a range of publications by collecting and analysing risk data through a range of tools, knowledge products, and mobilising like-minded partners.
UNDRR uses a range of online channels to play an active role in DRR and to promote a whole-of-society approach in which dealing with risk becomes everybody’s business.
