The UNDRR

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The Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 is an important collection of findings and recommendations to guide amplified and accelerated action in the implementation of the Sendai Framework...

The Work Programme 2024–2025 falls at a critical juncture. It presents UNDRR’s planned actions to achieve the objectives of its Strategic Framework 2022-2025 and is guided by the outcomes of the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework held in May 2023 in New York.

A natural hazard, such as a hurricane, earthquake, or flood, only becomes a disaster when it impacts a community that is not adequately protected, and whose population is vulnerable as a result of poverty, exclusion or socially-disadvantage...

The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2023) highlights how resilience can be strengthened to withstand and respond to shocks. This includes investments in early warning systems where the benefits triple in vulnerable contexts because of their proven ability to reduce damage...

Despite commitments to build resilience, tackle climate change and create sustainable development pathways, current societal, political and economic choices are doing the reverse. GAR2022 explores how, around the world, structures are evolving to better address systemic risk. The report shows how governance systems can evolve to reflect the interconnected value of people, the planet and prosperity...

As the companion to the United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Strategic Framework, this Work Programme for 2022-2023 makes operational the objectives and accelerators identified in the Strategic Framework, outlining the implementation for each intended result and deliverable.

In 2019 the UNDRR published its programme of activities for 2020-2021. You can access it here (to see what the programme consisted of before it was updated).

This web page goes to the Knowledge Base of UNDRR PreventionWeb, where you can find news and alerts, research publications, papers, information about conferences and events, policy information, lessons learned and statistics.

This web page provides information about the terminology used in Disaster Risk Reduction.