UNDRR News

The EURESFO 2024 in Valencia, Spain, saw active discussions and exchanges. UNDRR Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia brought four cities and one region (oblast) from Ukraine, participating in the MCR2030 to the Forum with USAID's support.

Incheon City, the first MCR2030 Resilience Hub in the Asia-Pacific region, welcomed a delegation of Quezon City and Pasig City in the Philippines to a city-to-city exchange and training organized in collaboration with the UNDRR ONEA & GETI

As part of its support to Government of Montenegro, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction in Europe and Central Asia, ran an expert reviewed assessment of the zero-draft National DRR Strategy of Montenegro 2025-2030.

The Caribbean and the Indian Ocean Island States are among the most disaster-prone regions globally, facing hurricanes, cyclones, earthquakes, and tsunamis. Their size, limited resources, and geographical isolation amplify these challenges.

Suriname's development framework, as outlined in the National Development Plan 2017-2021, underscores the country's commitment to disaster risk management and climate change action.

This innovative tool allows for the identification of gaps and opportunities, the definition of priority actions, and the promotion of community participation in integrating specific measures into territorial planning instruments.

The Global Assessment Report (GAR) 2025 will measure the cost of not investing in resilience for people the planet and prosperity.

UNDRR is pleased to launch a Call for Applications to serve on the GP2025 Sessions' Organizing Teams. The Global Platform Organizing Teams (OTs) are multi-stakeholder groups of experts that help shape the substantive aspects of Global Platforms

On 11 June 2024, the Government of Italy signed an agreement with the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) to strengthen early warning for early action systems in Kenya for EUR 1.5 million for the period of 2024-2027.

On 14 June, Tanzania celebrated the inauguration of its Emergency Operation and Communication Center (EOCC) Situation Room, which is the first national room to be set up under the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System Programme.