@UNDRR

#UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, dedicated to building disaster #resilience and tackling #climatechange through implementation of the Sendai Framework

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undrr.org/
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Floods are more frequent & intense, impacting more lives. 🛡️Resilience must shape how we plan, invest, & respond. We call for accelerated action to protect & preserve the environment, to reduce disaster risks. 🌱 #NowForClimate
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📢 Investing in early warning systems is a smart way to fund resilience. 24 hours of warning before a hazard strikes can cut damages by 30% – saving lives, protecting livelihoods, and reducing economic losses. ➡️ ow.ly/cVzz50ZYt2A #EarlyWarningsForAll #ResiliencePays
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🌱 Nature and resilience go hand in hand. GBF 8 & 11 and Sendai A–E align by reducing hazard impacts, supporting local buffers, and protecting services. 🤝Integrated DRR–biodiversity action strengthens systems and delivers multi-benefit resilience. ➡️ ow.ly/2MLj50ZYsFM
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🌊 Floods cause 44% of disasters, hit 1.6B people & cost $650B. They’re systemic: 🔹 Climate shifts 🌧️❄️🌊 🔹 Urbanisation 🏙️ 🔹 Deforestation 🌲 🔹 Marginalisation ⚠️ Solutions: governance, tech, social knowledge & nature-based solutions: ow.ly/xCsi50ZYtut
Flood risk is a systemic challenge demanding systemic solutions

ALT Flood risk is a systemic challenge demanding systemic solutions

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🌍🔥 Wildfires don't just destroy—they leave lasting impacts on public health, infrastructure & agriculture. To avoid devastating spillovers, communities must reduce residual risks. Discover wildfires' 7️⃣ surprising spillovers ➡️ ow.ly/AgHz50ZYtFS
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🌱 Investing in nature-based solutions is a smart way to fund resilience. Research shows that investing in nature-based solutions to reduce disaster risks can offer returns on investment of 2.8:1. ➡️ ow.ly/q3UY50ZYsMO #ResiliencePays
Nature-based solutions yield 2.8:1 return on investment

ALT Nature-based solutions yield 2.8:1 return on investment

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🏘️ Household preparedness alone can't fix systemic risks. Who creates risk, how does it spread, and who pays the price? Dr. Bapon Fakhruddin explores these questions in this #DRRvoices. ➡️ ow.ly/cNzM50ZYprv
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💸 When funding is released early, the impacts multiply. As El Niño brought drought in 2023–2024, #AnticipatoryAction helped 1.6m people to protect crops, assets, food security. 🌾 The systems exist. The evidence is growing. Now it’s about scale. ➡️ ow.ly/C0iW50Zb9H7
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🌊 When a tsunami strikes, there’s no time to think – only to act. In 🇲🇺 Mauritius, teams tested their readiness: 🚨 Warnings activated 🚤 Rescues launched 🏝️ Evacuations rehearsed When a tsunami hit, preparedness saves lives. 🌐 #TsunamiDay #EarlyWarningsForAll
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Why is 3️⃣ the magic number for disaster early warnings? 📡 3+ warnings significantly strengthen people’s ability to respond 🏠 A household plan & a sense of agency make people more likely to act ➡️ ow.ly/eGEJ50ZYkfR #EarlyWarningsForAll #DRRday #ResilienceStartsAtHome
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🚰 💦 Water is at the heart of many disasters, but water can also guide us through crises. Cooperation on water paves the way for cooperation on all shared challenges – including reducing disaster risk ➡️ ow.ly/ZARi50ZYtph #WordsIntoAction
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🏘️ Who knew being a good neighbour could be part of disaster preparedness? In Medellín Colombia, communities living near a stream are showing how household preparedness can strengthen the neighbourhood. 🎥 Discover how #ResilienceStartsAtHome ➡️ ow.ly/rWoX50ZY5KH #DRRDay
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📚 A little reading can go a long way towards understanding disaster risk. Discover this week's selection of 🗞️ news, 🔬 research and 🌍 global perspectives, handpicked by the #PreventionWeb editors. 👉 ow.ly/WCUy50ZXXAg 👣 Follow 👍 Like 🔔 Subscribe 🗨️ Comment
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❌ There are no natural disasters. 💡Disasters are not a 'natural' part of life. Natural hazards such as earthquakes and tsunamis may be impossible to stop, but the loss of life and economic damage they inflict are usually the result of human decisions. #NoNaturalDisasters
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are home to just 65 million people, yet they face some of the highest levels of climate and disaster risk. Disaster risk reduction & #EarlyWarningsForAll are vital for SIDS' economic progress & development ➡️ ow.ly/rNqH50ZY62B #CREWS
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Earthquakes cannot be prevented. Impacts can be avoided. 🏗️ Building codes 👷 Train engineers 📋 Learn from every event 🎓 Teach about risk early Remember. Protect. Build disaster resilience. #BuildingResilience
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🏠 How prepared are we when a crisis strikes? On #DRRDay, UNDRR's Kamal Kishore met EU Commissioner Hadja Lahbib in Brussels to discuss preparedness at home and our shared responsibility for resilience. 🎒 Watch what's in her 72-hour preparedness bag! #ResilienceStartsAtHome
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🌍 What does inclusive disaster resilience look like when women lead? 🏆 From Samoa to the Philippines, 2026 #WINDRR Award winners are advancing disability inclusion, Indigenous leadership and local preparedness. Explore their stories ➡️ ow.ly/Bq2M50ZXCZl
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🌍Alongside @HeadUNDRR Kamal Kishore, @UNEP Deputy Executive Director @mrema met today with @EU_ENV Environment Commissioner @JessikaRoswall at the @EU_Commission in Brussels to discuss global environmental action, effective multilateralism, and the UN80 initiative. 🇪🇺🤝🇺🇳
UNEP Deputy Executive Director Elizabeth Mrema, and European Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall shaking hands in front of EU Flag

ALT UNEP Deputy Executive Director Elizabeth Mrema, and European Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall shaking hands in front of EU Flag

European Commissioner Jessika Roswall and her colleagues on the left of a meeting table. In front of them, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP, Elizabeth Mrema, in the middle, and left of her, Kamal Kishore, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head of UNDRR.

ALT European Commissioner Jessika Roswall and her colleagues on the left of a meeting table. In front of them, Deputy Executive Director of UNEP, Elizabeth Mrema, in the middle, and left of her, Kamal Kishore, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head of UNDRR.

Kamal Kishore, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head of UNDRR, shaking hands with European Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall, with EU flag behind them.

ALT Kamal Kishore, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head of UNDRR, shaking hands with European Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall, with EU flag behind them.

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🪸Coral reef ecosystems – the most effective coastal defences on the planet – are under attack. 🌊 We must protect our oceans and their fragile ecosystems – so they can protect us from disasters. #ShareTheKnowledge #WOAIII #NatureBasedSolutions #unworldoceansday
90% of global coral reefs risk disappearing if ocean temperatures rise beyond 1.5°C, with the Caribbean losing 80% of coral cover since the 1970s.

ALT 90% of global coral reefs risk disappearing if ocean temperatures rise beyond 1.5°C, with the Caribbean losing 80% of coral cover since the 1970s.

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