UNDRR News

The latest news from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the lead UN agency for the coordination of disaster risk reduction.

National authorities MCR2030
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The most populous city in the Philippines leads by example in inclusive disaster risk reduction

Reducing disaster risk is seemingly never-ending in a country like the Philippines, which is exposed to a multitude of natural hazards.
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
Landscape of the Blue Nile and waterfall in Ethiopia
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Ethiopia is putting early warnings for all into action

Ethiopia is severely affected by climate related hazards. As one of the 30 countries identified by the EW4All Initiative, Ethiopia is taking action to implement a multi-hazard early warning and early action system.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Iluminated light bulb is located on soil and plant are growing.
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Strengthening disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation finance

Webinars on sharing the lessons and tools from a 1.5-year-long work on Budget Tagging and Tracking for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA).
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Infrastructure stakeholders conduct stress test
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Stress testing Chile’s critical infrastructure resilience with a multi-sectoral approach

Workshop focusing on infrastructure resilience was conducted in Santiago to delve into the knowledge and contributions that public entities and infrastructure operators can make to strengthen the resilience of infrastructure systems.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
United Nations Satellite Centre
Group photo from Climate scorecard and finance training in Panama
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Governments in the Americas and the Caribbean enhanced capacities to finance sub-national DRR and climate resilience actions

Responding to the Political Declaration of the high-level meeting on the midterm review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, the workshop was held to enhance sub-national capacities focusing on accessing funds for implementation.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030)
Climate Bonds Initiative
World Council on City Data
climate protection landscape
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COP28 ends with progress on loss and damage, Santiago network and transition away from fossil fuels

As the gavel came down at the closing of COP28, a crucial agreement was reached on “transitioning away from fossil fuels” signaling an important step forward for the deep emissions cuts and scaled-up finance needed to deliver a safe climate.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Beautiful winter cityscape from drone. Helsinki. Finland
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Reducing risk together: Engaging communities in disaster risk reduction

European civil protection stakeholders meet in Finland over the next two days for an Action Oriented Dialogue on “Reducing Risk Together – Community Engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction”, hosted by the Ministry of Interior of Finland with UNDRR support.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Ministry of the Interior (Finland)
Global methodology launch
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CDRI & UNDRR launches the global methodology for infrastructure resilience reviews at COP28

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) officially launched the Global Methodology for Infrastructure Resilience Reviews at COP28.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
global taxonomies event at COP28
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Global taxonomies on adaptation and resilience launched at COP28

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) officially launched two global taxonomies on adaptation and resilience at COP28 on 4 December 2023 in the Iraq pavilion.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Climate Bonds Initiative
Early warning
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Early Warning Systems must address risks in fragile and conflict-affected contexts

WMO and its partners are stepping up efforts to make sure that nobody is left behind in the international drive towards Early Warnings For All.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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