Video contest for the 2021 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction in Central Asia

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia

Join the 2021 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction campaign

Host an event to showcase DRR projects where international cooperation played a role. Share your event via PreventionWeb to feature it on the International Day site.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Only together can we make true progress towards a safer and more resilient planet

It has become very clear over the last twelve months that international cooperation to developing countries is not keeping pace with the rise in extreme weather events and the tragic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

2021 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction: Sendai Seven Targets Campaign

In 2021, the IDDRR focus is on Target f: “Substantially enhance international cooperation to developing countries through adequate and sustainable support to complement their national actions for implementation of the present Framework by 2030.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

International cooperation for developing countries to reduce their disaster risk and disaster losses - Key Messages

The focus of this year’s IDDRR is “Substantially enhance international cooperation to developing countries through adequate and sustainable support to complement their national actions for implementation of the present Framework by 2030.”

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Scientists use new method to recalculate Malawi’s seismic risk

Scientists have developed a new approach for estimating seismic hazard in southern Malawi, a region in the East African Rift zone with minimal earthquake records.

Temblor

Home seismometers provide crucial data on Haiti’s quake

A volunteer network helps to monitor aftershocks and illuminate the country’s earthquake hazards.

Springer Nature

Learning from a 100-year flood, and bad disaster movies

The flooding in Germany provides an example of how differing responses and levels of preparedness by regional governments led to differing outcomes.

United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters

#DRRday: UN Report charts huge rise in climate disasters

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

A fixed smartphone network offers inexpensive earthquake early warning potential

A new study led by USGS and Costa Rican researchers demonstrates how Earthquake Early Warning using smartphone technology can be both inexpensive and effective for millions of people.

United States Geological Survey