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Picture of the renovated situation room.
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The official launch of the National EW4ALL Roadmap took place in Niamey on 13 October, during the commemoration of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 under the theme Fund Resilience, Not Disasters.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
An inclined wooden structure in a drain after flooding in Accra, Ghana in 2020.
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Today, on International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, we reflect on the urgent call to shift from reactive responses to proactive resilience.

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IDDRR Commmemoration 3
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The UNDRR ROAS, in partnership with the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the League of Arab States (LAS), convened the Arab Regional Commemoration of the IDDRR under the global theme “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters.”

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Kingdom of Bahrain - Government
League of Arab States
A child sits for a photo in the aftermath of Typhoon Rai in the Philippines
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The past months have unfurled a tapestry of tribulation across our archipelago: tectonic convulsions that fractured the earth beneath our feet, tempests that lashed our shores with unrelenting fury, and deluges that submerged entire communities in sorrow.

Manila Times Publishing Corp., the
Indian man repairs shoes on the street.
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The All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), a member of the Avoidable Death Network (AND), proudly celebrates this year's IDDRR along with 200 small urban businesses across six Indian cities.

All India Disaster Mitigation Institute
A map of North and Central America, Pacific Ocean, Australia with recent earthquakes location depicted as dots by the ESRI real time detection service.
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Building on advances in big Earth data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, a new tool - SatGPT - offers an innovative solution that supports flood risk mapping.

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
Fund resilience, not disasters: youth in Barbados highlight financing as key to a safer future
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Barbadian youth took the lead on resilience financing during the 2025 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, calling for greater investment in prevention and innovation to build a safer, more sustainable Caribbean.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Barbados - government
Tea plantations and Muthirappuzhayar River in hills near Munnar, Kerala, India
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The degradation of ecosystems, is driving disaster risk, making communities more vulnerable. Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) offers a powerful solution by restoring and protecting these natural systems.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
In Peru, women rescue and evacuate vulnerable community members on behalf of the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance
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Learn why and how UN Women is putting this into practice in three countries from the Europe and Central Asia region - Georgia, Tajikistan, and Türkiye – with one important principle in mind: women and girls must always be at the center of these efforts.

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN)
early warning system station
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WMO has welcomed a declaration by the Group of 20 (G20) ministers which gives strong recognition to the need for multi-hazard early warnings and the essential role of National Meteorological Hydrological Services as the authoritative warning provider.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)