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Arab States marked IDDRR 2026 through regional dialogue and community initiatives promoting disaster preparedness and resilience.

For the world’s rivers 2025 was one of the driest years in more than three decades. UNEP sets out what drought is doing to households and ecosystems, and the adaptation measures – from Sri Lankan tank cascades to zai pits in Niger – that reduce the risk.

On this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR, UNESCO and IFRC explored how reliable information, resilient media and local knowledge help communities understand risks and prepare for disasters.

A hands-on experience of disaster risk reduction helps equip the next generation for a resilient future.

The Global Earthquake Model Foundation's 2026 global seismic risk assessment reports unreinforced masonry and earthen construction account for more than half of the buildings estimated to be destroyed by earthquake shaking in an average year worldwide

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has urged homeowners, landlords and developers to prioritise safety in construction, warning that buildings erected without approved plans, quality materials and qualified professionals can turn homes into death traps

Marking the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, the UN chief stressed that “as climate and disaster risks multiply, building safer dwellings is the shared responsibility of governments, developers, engineers and communities”.

For this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDP describes how risk-informed housing and land-use planning is taking shape in Cuba, Jamaica and Venezuela, in a region where 81.2 per cent of the population lives in cities.

Households absorb much of the cost of disasters: Post-Disaster Needs Assessments from 20 countries in Asia and the Pacific put about 40 per cent of impacts in social and productive sectors. ESCAP sets out three government interventions.

The WIN DRR Leadership Awards 2026 have been granted to Ms Utumapu of Samoa and Ms Hualde of the Philippines, in recognition of their contributions to strengthening inclusive disaster resilience and women’s leadership.