United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
1. In the past year, has the governing body of your organization taken any decisions to advance sustainable, inclusive, science- and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and ensure that no one is left behind? If yes, please briefly mention these decisions taken by your governing body in 2024 and provide the respective symbols.
Note: UNDRR is an entity of the United Nations Secretariat and governed by the General Assembly.
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 provides guidance for achieving a prevention-oriented path for resilient and inclusive sustainable development.
In the 2023 Sendai Framework Midterm Review (MTR SF), Member States defined opportunities to adjust priorities, suggest course corrections and propose recommendations to act decisively with the aim of risk-informing sustainable development. The General Assembly adopted the political declaration of the high-level meeting on the midterm review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (Resolution 77/289). The General Assembly reaffirmed its commitment to the full implementation of the Sendai Framework, including realization of its expected outcome and goal, its guiding principles and four priorities for action.
In November 2024, the UN General Assembly’s Sixth Committee adopted a resolution which decides that UN Member States will elaborate and conclude a legally binding instrument on the protection of persons in the event of disasters by the end of 2027. The Draft Articles developed by the International Law Commission contain Draft Article 9, which establishes an obligation for parties to the convention to carry out disaster risk reduction efforts, including through legislation and regulation, a first in international law.
2. During 2024, what actions have your entities taken to improve coordination among UN system entities across policy and normative activities as well as with ECOSOC subsidiary bodies with a view to increase impact and accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda? Please provide any relevant links.
Under the umbrella of the United Nations Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience, UNDRR coordinates two groups: the high-level UN Senior Leadership Group on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience and the UN Disaster Risk Reduction Focal Points Group at the working level. Focus areas include risk informing development, humanitarian and peacebuilding planning and actions, strengthening risk governance at all levels, including within and across sectors, supporting efforts related to disaster risk reduction financing, boosting an all-of-society approach by strengthening inclusion, enabling gender-responsive, disability inclusive as well as child-centered disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, and maximizing efforts around strengthening multi-hazard early warning systems.
In this context, UNDRR has been working for example with key partners including UN DCO and UN OCHA at global and country level to apply a common risk analysis approach tailored to humanitarian, development and climate change decision making. Working closely with UN HCTs and UNCTs, this analysis has been applied in more than ten countries in 2024, including by bringing humanitarian, peace and development partners together to jointly analysis and address risk in nexus workshops.
3. In the past year, has your organization organized any intergovernmentally mandated conferences, forums or events that contributed to the achievement of the SDGs, or has been in the process of planning and organizing any such mandated events to be held next year?
Event Name | Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction |
Event Dates | 14 - 17 October 2024 |
Event Location (City, Country) | Manila, Philippines |
Relevant SDGs | SDG 1 (No Poverty): By highlighting the important linkages between disasters, inequality and poverty SDG 5 (Gender Equality), strong focus on gender transformative DRR SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities): a cross cutting theme of the conference was localization SDG 13 (Climate Action): Climate change exacerbates the frequency and intensity of disasters, and the Conference supported better understanding of the linkages between disaster risk reduction and climate change SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals): The conference ensure participation of a diverse range of stakeholders and facilitated partnerships and cooperation among different actors to enhance disaster risk reduction. |
Description (max 150 words): please include a short summary of the event’s mandate and contributions to the SDGs, including its main outcome(s) | The Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) is the main regional platform for promoting coordination and cooperation on Disaster Risk Reduction and the implementation of the Sendai Framework in Asia and the Pacific.
Held every two years, it brings together UN Member States, intergovernmental organisations, international and national organisations and stakeholder groups, to accelerate progress on disaster risk reduction. The conference is instrumental to strengthening DRR in the region by sharing good practice and knowledge and forging partnerships.
As the first regional platform since the adoption of the Political Declaration of the Sendai Framework Midterm Review, the APMCDRR 2024 was held under the working theme “Surge to 2030: Enhancing ambition in Asia-Pacific to accelerate disaster risk reduction”. The conference provided an important opportunity to review risk reduction efforts, share innovative solutions and make actionable commitments to accelerate disaster risk reduction by 2030 in the world’s most disaster-prone region.
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Website (if applicable) | APMCDRR Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction | UNDRR |
Event Name | The Ninth session of the Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and Eighth High-Level Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction |
Event Dates | 21-24 October 2024 |
Event Location (City, Country) | Windhoek, Republic of Namibia |
Relevant SDGs | SDG 1 (No Poverty) SDG 5 (Gender Equality SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) SDG 13 (Climate Action) SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) |
Description (max 150 words): please include a short summary of the event’s mandate and contributions to the SDGs, including its main outcome(s) | The two events were held under the theme “Act Now for the Resilient Africa We Want” and concluded with the adoption of the Windhoek Declaration. The Declaration includes calls to action to increase public budgetary allocation, galvanize private sector investments, develop Member States’ capacity to access international financing facilities and the Fund for responding to losses and damages, including to implement Early Warnings for All in Africa Action Plan (2023-2027) in support of the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Action Systems Programme.
The Declaration also calls for inclusive DRR and its mainstreaming in development programmes and stresses the need for implementing the Sendai Gender Action Plan and the Africa Urban Resilience Programme, leveraging the Making Cities Resilient 2030 initiative, making DRR an integral part of Voluntary National and Sub-National Reviews and ensuring risk-proof infrastructure plans and stronger partnerships between DRR and climate change institutions toward achieving the Sendai Framework for sustainable development.
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Event Name | Europe and Central Asia Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction |
Event Dates | 6 - 8 November 2024. |
Event Location (City, Country) | Budva, Montenegro |
Relevant SDGs | SDG 1 (No Poverty) SDG 5 (Gender Equality SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) SDG 13 (Climate Action) SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) |
Description (max 150 words): please include a short summary of the event’s mandate and contributions to the SDGs, including its main outcome(s) | The Regional Platform assessed progress on the regional EFDRR Roadmap for Disaster Risk Reduction 2021-2030 and built capacities of authorities and stakeholders to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.
Held every three years, the Regional Platform has established itself as a unique vehicle to address regional disaster risk challenges, gathering the governments of 55 Member States and stakeholders across civil society and the private sector, enabling knowledge-sharing and making commitments to reducing disaster risk tangible. In 2024, the Regional Platform was hosted by the Government of Montenegro, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and with the support of UNDP, the European Commission, and the Council of Europe.
Call to Action from the Government of Montenegro on Earthquake Risk | EFDRR
Call to Action of the Road to Resilience for Europe and Central Asia’s Children and Youth | EFDRR |
Website (if applicable) | 2024 Europe and Central Asia Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction | EFDRR |
Event Name | Sixth High-Level Meeting of Ministers and Authorities on the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 |
Event Dates | 5 December 2024 |
Event Location (City, Country) | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Relevant SDGs | SDG 1 (No Poverty) SDG 5 (Gender Equality) SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) SDG 13 (Climate Action) SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) |
Description (max 150 words): please include a short summary of the event’s mandate and contributions to the SDGs, including its main outcome(s) | The event will take place in parallel with CDEMA’s Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Conference. It serves as a crucial milestone between the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework (2023) and the Eighth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025). Ministers and high-level authorities will gather to assess regional progress, define priorities for the coming years, and discuss a new regional mechanism for monitoring the implementation of the Regional Action Plan (RAP). This mechanism, proposed by a Voluntary Commission of 16 countries, aims to track and promote more effective disaster risk reduction efforts across the region.
By aligning disaster risk reduction with sustainable development and climate action, the meeting aims to address socio-economic challenges such as inequality, political crises, unplanned urbanization, and environmental degradation, all of which exacerbate disaster vulnerability. It will also reaffirm regional commitments to key strategies, such as the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Resilient Prosperity (2024–2034) and contribute to the development of global frameworks that will shape the future of disaster risk governance. |
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Event Name | Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction |
Event Dates | 2-6 June 2025 |
Event Location (City, Country) | Geneve, Switzerland |
Relevant SDGs | SDG 1 (No Poverty) SDG 4 (Quality Education) SDG 5 (Gender Equality) SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) SDG 13 (Climate Action) SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) |
Description (max 150 words): please include a short summary of the event’s mandate and contributions to the SDGs, including its main outcome(s) | The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (Global Platform) is recognized by the United Nations General Assembly as the forum to assess and discuss progress on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and to advance concerted implementation of disaster risk reduction, sustainable development, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Its outcomes are also recognized by the United Nations General Assembly and the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
The eighth session of the Global Platform will be held in 2025 and serves as an important milestone between the High-Level Meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework in May 2023 and the final five years before the Sendai Framework comes to an end.
The theme for GP2025, “Every day counts, act for resilience today”, embodies an urgency to correct the trajectory of progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework goals, as articulated in the Midterm Review.
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Website (if applicable) | GP2025 Homepage | Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction |
4. In the past year, has your organization published or planned to publish any analytical work, guidance or reference materials, or toolkits to guide and support the implementation of SDGs at national, regional and global levels? Please select up to three to highlight, especially those that address interlinkages among the SDGs.
Resource Name | GAR Special Report 2024 Forensic Insights for Future Resilience: Learning from Past Disasters |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | SDG 1 (No Poverty) SDG 5 (Gender Equality) SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) SDG 13 (Climate Action) SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) |
Publishing entity/entities | UNDRR |
Target audience | Government officials and other stakeholders interested in reducing disaster risk and accelerating SDG achievement |
Description (max 150 words) | The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2024) looks at present and future trends, showing how forensic analysis can enable more targeted and more effective risk reduction. It helps to build resilience by asking: How can we learn from recent disasters? How can we protect more people when the next hazard hits? How can we reduce the hazard risks to minimize death and destruction and to avoid disasters?
The report looks at ten recent events, aiming to understand better the unique footprints - or disaster DNA - of these specific occasions. Forensic Investigations of Disasters (FORIN) aims to improve the understanding of disaster risk construction and disasters. It offers policy options and evidence-based recommendations for better corrective, as well as prospective, approaches to integrate disaster risk reduction into development policy and processes. This involves identifying underlying causes, risk drivers, and entry points for decision making so that risks can be recognized, evaluated, and addressed. |
Language(s) | English |
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Resource Name | Words into Action guidelines: The Science–Policy–Society ecosystem for disaster risk reduction |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | SDG 1 (No Poverty) SDG 5 (Gender Equality) SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) SDG 13 (Climate Action) SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) |
Publishing entity/entities | UNDRR |
Target audience | Government officials and other stakeholders interested in reducing disaster risk and accelerating SDG achievement |
Description (max 150 words) | This Words into Action (WiA) guide aims to guide stakeholders - from science and technology, government and civil society - in their roles and good practices in contributing to a healthy ecosystem in which: government supports science and science answers government questions; civil society trusts science and science reflects the values and curiosities of civil society; and government relied on science to make policy and reflects the concerns and priorities of civil society.
Highlighting the crucial role of science in informing policy decisions, these guidelines aim to assist policymakers, government officials, academics, technical experts and those aiming to incorporate science into policy processes effectively, facilitating risk-informed decision-making that comprehensively addresses the multifaceted nature of disaster risk and resilience building.
These WiA guidelines frame some global practical examples, good practices and inspiring concepts that can help unlock the fertile ground of collaboration between the science, policy and society universes to build "all-of-society" resilience. |
Language(s) | English |
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Resource Name | Integrated National Financing Framework (INFFs) for disaster risk reduction |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | SDG 1 (No Poverty) SDG 7 (Affordable and clean Energy) SDG 8 (Decent work and Economic Growth) SDG 9 (industry, innovation & infrastructure) SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) SDG 13 (Climate Action) SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) |
Publishing entity/entities | UNDRR |
Target audience | Government officials (e.g. Ministry of Finance/ Planning / Environment) UN agencies and development partners |
Description (max 150 words) | This note focuses on how integrated national financing framework (INFF) can support governments in achieving their disaster risk reduction objectives. INFFs help countries finance their national sustainable development objectives and the SDGs. Through INFFs, countries develop a strategy to mobilise and align financing with all dimensions of sustainability, broaden participation in the design, delivery and monitoring of financing policies, and manage risk.
It concludes that more than eighty-five countries are using INFFs to articulate ambitious financing agendas suited to their unique context and challenges, lay foundations for forward-looking policy-making, and exploit financing innovations. Development partners can build on the growing momentum around INFFs - including the endorsement by G20 leaders of the G20 framework of voluntary support to INFFs, and the focus on INFFs in the UN Secretary General’s SDG Stimulus to Deliver Agenda 2030 - to channel their technical and financial assistance to contribute to the successful integration of disaster risk reduction into INFF, and to support others in furthering their INFF journeys. |
Language(s) | English |
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Resource Name | Early warning systems and early action in fragile, conflict-affected and violent contexts: Addressing growing climate and disaster risks |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | SDG 1 (No Poverty) SDG 5 (Gender equality) SDG 7 (Affordable and clean Energy) SDG 8 (Decent work and Economic Growth) SDG 9 (industry, innovation & infrastructure) SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) SDG 13 (Climate Action) SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) |
Publishing entity/entities | UNDRR-WMO Centre of Excellence for Climate and Disaster Resilience |
Target audience | Government officials (Policymakers, National governments and Local Community leaders), UN entities and other international organizations, donors. |
Description (max 150 words) | The Handbook on Early Warning Systems and Early Action in Fragile, Conflict, and Violent (FCV) Contexts addresses the urgent need to strengthen disaster risk reduction and preparedness in in the world’s most vulnerable areas. It highlights the importance of scaling up Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) as a critical tool for saving lives, protecting livelihoods, and building resilience in countries affected by the compounded risks of climate change, fragility, conflict and violence.
The Handbook identifies gaps in MHEWS implementation, particularly in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), where many nations remain unprotected by these systems. By fostering collaboration among governments, international agencies, and local communities, the Handbook seeks to equip vulnerable populations and practitioners with the tools and knowledge needed to anticipate and mitigate risks.
This resource promotes local-level action and increased investment in early warning systems, paving the way for more resilient communities in the face of climate and conflict challenges. |
Language(s) | English |
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5. The United Nations has defined six key transitions, or transformative entry points, that can have catalytic and multiplier effects across the SDGs and which have been guiding the UN development system work since the 2023 SDG Summit. In the past year, how has your organization contributed to these transformative actions and how various actors are being rallied behind them to mobilize further leadership and investment to bring progress to scale? Please provide any relevant links.
- Food systems
UNDRR contributes to an understanding of how disasters impact agrifood systems through systematically collecting data on agricultural losses and damages across 160 countries under the Sendai Framework Monitor (SFDRR indicator C2). The data is key to inform interventions to enhance multi-risk resilience of agrifood systems and inter alia a main contribution of the FAO flagship report series on ‘The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security’.
UNDRR further supports transformative governance approaches and agrifood resilience through its comprehensive climate and disaster risk management (CRM) flagship initiative. With the CRM approach, UNDRR supports agrifood resilience building through the promotion of policy coherence and cross-sectoral cooperation across agrifood sectors and the consideration of disaster risk reduction and climate action principles. In 2024, UNDRR co-lead a publication on agrifood resilience and contributed to various other activities as member of the Climate Resilient Agrifood Resilience (CRFS) Alliance, e.g. a workshop on resilient agrifood system governance in Lesotho.
- Energy access and affordability
The UNDRR | WMO Centre of Excellence for Climate and Disaster Resilience (CoE) together with its Members and partners the GGHIN, and the WHO | WMO Joint Office for Climate and Health is leading the development of a decision-support package for nations addressing extreme heat. This includes the development of a common framework for heat risk governance that has been called for by countries and stakeholders to facilitate integrated collaborative action within and among nations to address extreme heat.
The initiative supports progress towards integrated multi-sectoral and multi-scalar extreme heat risk governance that will address transformations in inter alia food systems, energy transitions, occupational health and safety and the world of work, ecosystems resilience, construction design and the built environment, amongst others. As such, it also supports the response to the UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action on Extreme Heat.
- Digital connectivity
No inputs from UNDRR side.
- Education
In support of SDG 4 on quality education and to achieve the goal of the Sendai Framework of reducing global disaster risks and losses, the theme of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) 2024 focused on the role of education in protecting and empowering youth for a disaster-free future. The theme is aligned with the Pact for the Future and the Declaration on Future Generations.
IDDRR 2024 calls on countries to harness the education sector to reduce the disaster risks of school-aged children, especially by investing in two key areas:
- Protect children and youth through safe schools and education facilities: children are entitled to be safe in their schools and this starts with ensuring schools are disaster-resilient and are part of disaster early warning systems.
- Empower children and youth to be safe through age-appropriate education to understand and act on the risks they face. This includes building their preparedness to take early action in response to early warnings. Empowered children become agents of change for more resilient communities.
- Endorse and implement the Comprehensive School Safety Framework 2022-20303, developed by the Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector (GADRRRES), which is chaired by UNESCO and UNICEF.
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) | IDDRR
Disaster risk reduction for children | UNDRR
World Tsunami Awareness Day | Tsunami Day
- Jobs and social protection
No inputs from UNDRR side.
- Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution
The links between nature and disaster risk reduction are highlighted in the dedicated Nature for resilience website and the Policy Brief on Nature for Resilience . The Brief provides policy recommendations to build the resilience of nature and provide biodiversity, climate and disaster risk reduction (DRR) benefits. UNDRR’s guidance “Strengthening disaster risk reduction in national biodiversity strategies and action plans” offers practical recommendations for governments to enhance DRR in national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) and promote synergies across national planning instruments. UNDRR has also been strengthening the data ecosystem on disaster risk reduction and biodiversity.
The Comprehensive Risk Management programme (www.undrr.org/crm) seeks to integrate risk-centred approaches and climate information to develop and implement integrated disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation plans. A comprehensive approach takes into consideration a number of factors to purposively strengthen synergies between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, by identifying mutually beneficial opportunities across policies and programmes, while developing capacities of governments for cross-sectoral planning, and ensuring vertical alignment.
UNDRR’s Issues Paper on Plastic Pollution and Disaster Risk Reduction (https://www.undrr.org/publication/plastic-pollution-and-disaster-risk-reduction) highlights the connections between plastic pollution and disaster risks, including regarding the detrimental impact of plastic pollution on ecosystem resilience, the exacerbation of disaster risk by plastic pollution in certain cases (for example flooding) and the increase in vulnerability through plastic pollution. The publication cites several recent scientific studies on the matter and contains a number of case studies, including one on the effects of plastics on Indonesian mangroves.
6. Please provide strategies (policies, guidance, plan) and/or collective actions taken to implement the 2024 Ministerial Declaration of the Economic and Social Council and the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under the auspices of the Council. Please note any challenges foreseen and provide any relevant links.
We recommit to the full implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, and recall its midterm review, as disasters have become more frequent and intense. We acknowledge that its implementation will require capacity-building and technical and financial assistance in order to be effectively implemented by developing countries. We will promote a disaster risk-informed approach to sustainable development at the local, national, regional and global levels and accelerate progress on integrating disaster risk reduction into policies, programmes and investments at all levels. We recognize the need for a broader and a more people-centred preventive approach to disaster risk reduction, and that disaster risk reduction policies and practices need to be multi-hazard and , inclusive and accessible in order to be efficient and effective. We will promote effective local, national and regional multi-hazard early warning mechanisms.
- Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework
- Early Warning for All (EW4All) initiative
- Urban Resilience & Making Cities Resilient (2030)
- Climate Action
- DRR capacity development
- Disaster losses and damages tracking system
- Disaster risk reduction in humanitarian action
- Inclusion
- Financing prevention
- Least Developed Countries
- Landlocked Developing Countries
- Nature for resilience
- Resilient infrastructure
- Risk governance
- Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management (CRM)
- Small Island Developing States
- Sustainable development
- Monitoring the Sendai Framework | UNDRR
- A common framework on extreme heat risk reduction (WIP)
7. What collective efforts is your entity undertaking to support countries in accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially in the areas of Goal 3 (Good health and well-being), Goal 5 (Gender equality), Goal 8 (Decent work and economic growth), Goal 14 (Life below water) and Goal 17 (Partnerships), which will go under in-depth review at the HLPF in 2025? Please note any achievements, challenges and gaps and provide any relevant links.
Partnerships and all-of-society approaches lie at the heart of effective disaster risk reduction. Building resilience and promoting risk-informed decision-making and investment are collective challenges and responsibilities, which call upon a collaboration between governments, the United Nations and other international organizations and stakeholder groups at large.
Aligned with the Sendai Framework and in coherence with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Paris Climate Agreement, cross-sectoral partnerships beyond the traditional disaster risk reduction community are important to successfully address the significantly broadened scope and complexity of today’s risk landscape.
The Gender Action Plan to support implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai GAP) aims to substantially increase resource allocations, activities and impacts of gender-responsive disaster risk reduction and substantially decrease gender-related disaster risk by 2030. Launched in March 2024 at CSW68 following a one-year multistakeholder consultative process, UNDRR has socialised the Sendai GAP with special sessions at all Regional Platforms, and developed translations and accessible versions, UNDRR has increased the understanding and implementation of Sendai GAP in countries including, for example, by building capacities to disaggregate disaster data in the Pacific and strengthen gender-responsive DRR in Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan, aligning national DRR strategies and plans with the Sendai GAP in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Nepal, and supporting women’s leadership.
If your organization has been part of any initiatives or multi-stakeholder partnerships in the past year that support these goals, please copy the below table to fill out for each initiative/partnership.
Initiative/Partnership Name | Decision-support package for extreme heat risk reduction |
Partners (please list all partners) | UNDRR | WMO Centre of Excellence for Climate and Disaster Resilience (CoE) with the Global Heat Health Information Network (GGHIN), and the WHO | WMO Joint Office for Climate and Health, and CoE Members: FAO, GEO, IFRC, IOM, ISC, UNDP, UNESCO, UNEP, UNHCR, UNITAR, UNOCHA, UNU, WB, WFP, as well as: |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | All |
Member States benefiting from it | Designed to support policy and decision-makers in key sectors in national and sub-national government in high-, middle- and low-income countries. The initiative also supports the response to the UN Secretary-General’s Call to Action on Extreme Heat. |
Description (max 150 words) | The initiative seeks to support the address of one of the most important challenges confronted by nations worldwide, the rapid rise in extreme heat. It seeks to assist countries protect and prepare humans, ecosystems, and the built environment in taking strategic multi-sectoral action to address underlying drivers of extreme heat risk and build more effective, cohesive, and collective extreme heat risk reduction, governance and management.
In developing a decision-support package for nations addressing extreme heat, it seeks to address a principal challenge that relates to aligning and integrating multi-sectoral and multi-scalar policy approaches.
Responding to national demands for normative guidance and enhanced collaboration at national and international levels in addressing extreme heat, this includes the development of a common framework for heat risk governance.
The initiative supports efforts towards integrated multi-sectoral and multi-scalar extreme heat risk governance. |
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Initiative/Partnership Name | Early Warnings for All (EW4All) |
Partners (please list all partners) | WMO, ITU, IFRC, UNEP, UNDP, FAO, IOM, UN-Women, OHRLLS, DCO, OCHA, REAP, GEO Secretariat, UNESCO, Microsoft, IDF, GSMA, UNICEF, GCF, SOFF, CREWS, WFP, amongst others |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | SDG13, SDG16 and SDG17 |
Member States benefiting from it | Early Warnings for All is a call to action open to all member states. Thirty+ countries were initially prioritized for fast-track action. Simultaneously, efforts focus on scaling-up the initiative beyond the initial focus countries. EW4All is actively engaging with additional countries that express interest in participating, including through a tool package offer available to countries and partners online. |
Description (max 150 words) | The Early Warnings for All initiative aims to ensure universal protection from hazardous hydrometeorological, climatological and related environmental events through life-saving multi-hazard early warning systems (MHEWS), anticipatory action and resilience efforts. EW4All brings together the broader UN system, governments, civil society and development partners across the public and private sectors to enhance collaboration and accelerated action to address gaps and deliver people-centered, end-to-end MHEWS. Through coordination and collaboration, the initiative aims to build on and scale up existing efforts and capacities, promoting synergies among initiatives and partnerships across sectors to protect lives and livelihoods from natural hazards. EW4All is built on four pillars: 1) disaster risk knowledge and management, 2) Detection, observation, monitoring, analysis and forecasting, 3) Warning dissemination and communication, 4) Preparedness and response capabilities. Early Warnings for All advances:
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Initiative/Partnership Name | Santiago network for averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change |
Partners (please list all partners) | Hosted by UNDRR and UNOPS |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | SDG 11; SDG 13 |
Member States benefiting from it | developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change |
Description (max 150 words) | The Santiago network, established in December 2019 at COP 25, plays a crucial role in addressing climate change impacts in developing countries. It focuses on catalysing technical assistance from various organizations, bodies, networks, and experts to support developing countries in averting, minimizing, and addressing loss and damage caused by climate change. Its mandate includes facilitating access to knowledge, resources, and technical assistance needed to address climate risks comprehensively. At COP28, UNDRR and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) were announced as the hosts of the Santiago network secretariat. |
Website | The Santiago network | UNDRR; santiago-network.org |
Initiative/Partnership Name | Making Cities Resilient 2030 |
Partners (please list all partners) | UCLG, ICLEI, World Bank, Resilient Cities, JICA, IFRC, WCCD, UN Habitat, UNDP, C40 Cities, ADB, UNOPS |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | SDG 11 SDG 17 |
Member States benefiting from it | It is a global initiative, over 1,771 cities have joined, including national government agencies from 84 member states. |
Description (max 150 words) | Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) is a unique cross-stakeholder initiative for improving local resilience through advocacy, sharing knowledge and experiences, establishing mutually reinforcing city-to-city learning networks, injecting technical expertise, connecting multiple layers of government and building partnerships. Through delivering a clear 3-stage roadmap to urban resilience, providing tools, access to knowledge and monitoring and reporting tools, MCR2030 will support cities on their journey to reduce risk and build resilience. MCR2030 aims to ensure cities become inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable by 2030, contributing directly to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 11 (SDG11) “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”, and other global frameworks including the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris Agreement and the New Urban Agenda.
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Initiative/Partnership Name | Engagement with parliamentarians |
Partners (please list all partners) | Inter-Parliamentary Union, Globe Legislators, SADC Parliamentarian, Climate Vulnerability Forum (CVF), IFRC |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Institutions), SDG 17 (Partnership) |
Member States benefiting from it | Parliamentarians help develop and amend national laws and regulations, ensuring that disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies are legally sound and effectively implemented, benefiting all sectors of society. |
Description (max 150 words) | UNDRR’s work with Parliamentarians focuses on strengthening DRR through legislative action, budget integration, and accountability. By collaborating with the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) and other partners such as IFRC, CVF, Globe and SADC Parliamentarian, UNDRR supports the development of DRR laws, advocates for DRR inclusion in national budgets, and provides capacity-building for parliamentarians. This engagement ensures that DRR efforts are legally robust, well-funded, and inclusive, helping Member States build resilience and better protect their populations from disaster risks. |
Website | https://www.undrr.org/implementing-sendai-framework/partners-and-stakeholders/parliamentarians |
Initiative/Partnership Name | Child-responsive disaster risk reduction |
Partners (please list all partners) | UNDRR works primarily with youth through the Major Group on Children and Youth (MGCY) DRR Working Group (DRR WG). The MGCY is the UN’s official mechanism for channeling youth participation in sustainable development. The DRR Working Group was established during the Sendai Framework negotiation process and was one of the first MGCY Working Groups. We also work with the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, UNICEF, UN-Women and the Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development (IANYD). |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities), SDG 13 (Climate Action) SDG 17 (Partnership) |
Member States benefiting from it | Member States benefit from collaborations facilitated by platforms like the UN Major Group on Children and Youth, which amplify youth contributions to international DRR and sustainable development efforts such as ECOSOC Youth Forum, Regional Platform and Global Platform. |
Description (max 150 words) | Child-responsive DRR requires focusing on the specific risks that children and young people face, as well as involving children in efforts and initiatives to reduce disaster risk. Children have unique needs, and it is important that the entire disaster management cycle is child responsive. Solutions must be holistic, inclusive, and consider boys’ and girls’ exposure and coping capacities to make them less vulnerable. They must address underlying risk drivers like climate change, poverty, stigma, and gender discrimination. |
Website | https://www.undrr.org/implementing-sendai-framework/sendai-framework-action/children-and-youth |
Initiative/Partnership Name | UNDRR Sendai Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (SEM) |
Partners (please list all partners) | List of Stakeholder Groups of SEM: Ageing/Older Persons, Business & Industry/ARISE, Children & Youth, Education & Academia, Farmers, Indigenous People, Local Authorities, Local Communities, Migrants/Displaced People, NGOs, Persons with Disability, Science and Technology, Volunteer Groups, Women and Gender, New Urban Agenda, and Media.
SEM is governed by its Advisory Group, which comprises of self-elected representatives from all UN Major Groups and other Stakeholders (MGoS), Civil Society Organisation Groups focusing on specific 2030 Agenda policy processes, and UNDRR groups and stakeholders mentioned in the Sendai Framework and not covered by the Major Groups and other Stakeholders. |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | SDG 13 (Climate Action) SDG 17 (Partnership) |
Member States benefiting from it | SEM operationalizes the all-of-society approach of the Sendai Framework by enabling structured stakeholder engagement in disaster risk reduction. It brings local knowledge, expertise, and innovative practices to national and regional policy processes, helping Member States implement effective disaster risk reduction strategies. Through SEM, stakeholders contribute to discussions on global frameworks, including the SDGs, Paris Climate Agreement, Addis Ababa Action Agenda, New Urban Agenda, Financing for Development, and Early Warnings for All. |
Description (max 150 words) | SEM plays a critical role in addressing the gaps revealed by the midterm review of the Sendai Framework. SEM can accelerate action by fostering inclusive partnerships, amplifying local expertise, and driving accountability to bridge the gap between commitments and implementation, ensuring the Sendai Framework’s targets are met more effectively. |
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Initiative/Partnership Name | ARISE Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies |
Partners (please list all partners) | ARISE has +550 members across 30 National Networks (see all members). |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | Goal 8 (Decent work and economic growth) Goal 17 (Partnerships) |
Member States benefiting from it | ARISE has 30 national networks (see all networks) and is related to specific projects in other locations such as Barbados, Japan, and Spain. |
Description (max 150 words) | ARISE members big and small work together to prevent disasters so their enterprises and communities can thrive. ARISE is comprised of two main bodies. (1) The ARISE Board with an advisory role. It functions at the global level and is co-chaired by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (SRSG) and one Board member with one Board vice-chair. The Board consists of up to 10 members representing a geographical and gender balance and is elected every three years. (2) ARISE National Networks are set up in alignment with the requirements and specific local environment in the respective country. ARISE Networks promote, enhance and support the implementation of the Sendai Framework at the national and local levels, including through advocacy, knowledge and good practice sharing and projects for the integration of DRR into business strategies and management practices. The development of public private collaboration therein is key. |
Website | ARISE Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies |
Initiative/Partnership Name | Network of corporate Chief Resilience Officers (CCRO) and the Investor Advisory Board (IAB) |
Partners (please list all partners) | The CCRO network brings together Chief Resilience Officers from Cartier SA, Holcim Group Services Ltd., Honeywell International Inc., Hyatt Hotels Corporation, KPMG International Ltd., Marsh McLennan, Nestlé, Syngenta Group, Swiss International Air Lines Ltd., and Sky. The IAB is composed of 10 influential investors representing different parts of the financial sector who are committed to delivering positive change to society by leveraging the power of capital markets (see all members). |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | Goal 8 (Decent work and economic growth) Goal 17 (Partnerships) |
Member States benefiting from it | The CRO network plans to release a maturity assessment tool as a public good with open to benefit to member states. Outputs from the IAB are forthcoming. |
Description (max 150 words) | Investing in disaster risk reduction is a precondition for developing sustainably in a rapidly changing climate. The private sector has a crucial role to play in financing and directing investment towards projects and companies that properly manage risks and avoid the creation of new risks for society. |
Website | Network of Corporate Chief Resilience Officers (CCRO) |
Initiative/Partnership Name | UN Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience: Towards a Risk-informed and Integrated Approach to Sustainable Development |
Partners (please list all partners) | More than 40 UN entities |
Relevant SDGs (list all relevant goals) | All SDGs (if selection needed: SDG1, 5, 11, 13, 17) |
Member States benefiting from it | All 152 UN Programme Country Governments |
Description (max 150 words) | The UN Senior Leadership Group on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience (UN SLG) guides the implementation of the UN Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience. More than 40 UN entities collective support Member States in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Underscoring the cross-cutting significance of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and resilience building for the 2030 Agenda, the UN SLG endorsed a set of recommendations in 2023, which are aligned with the Political Declaration of the Sendai Framework Midterm Review. Currently, the UN SLG is undertaking a review of how DRR is integrated across SDG transitions at the country level, through a collection of good practices. The UN SLG will also update the Guidance Note on Integrating DRR & Climate Change Adaptation in the Cooperation Framework, to include a stronger focus on systems thinking and the SDG transition approach. |
Website | United Nations Plan of Action on DRR for Resilience (preventionweb.net) |