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UNDRR

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UNDRR

@UNDRR

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

Geneva

Joined August 2009

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Disaster risks are not simple. Impacts often cascade across systems, creating new risks. Addressing systemic risks requires a new approach, working across silos, accepting a greater degree of uncertainty. Learn more about systemic risks ➡️ ow.ly/FkmA50TvUzx
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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/MPSp50WCUY2 #WordsIntoAction
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📉 Disaster losses are spiralling out of control. #GAR2025 reveals 3 downward spirals turning shocks into systemic crises — and how smart investments can break the cycle of disasters, debt & un-insurability. 🆕 Explore the UN flagship DRR report ➡️ ow.ly/JGno50VYQvo
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💼 Discover new career opportunities in disaster risk reduction and resilience building – in the #PreventionWeb Jobs Digest 👉 ow.ly/iR2y50Z9TML 👣Follow 👍Like 🔔Subscribe now to get job updates directly in your email & LinkedIn feed!
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Over 1 billion people live in informal settlements – facing the highest climate exposure. The 2027 RISK Award funds community-driven solutions, with up to €100,000 for projects on climate resilience in informal settlements. ➡️ ow.ly/j7C350Z9s4Y #ResilienceStartsAtHome
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Over 1 billion people live in informal settlements – facing the highest climate exposure. The 2027 RISK Award funds community-driven solutions, with up to €100,000 for projects on climate resilience in informal settlements. ➡️ ow.ly/j7C350Z9s4Y #ResilienceStartsAtHome
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🤝 Meaningful engagement in disaster risk reduction means involving people early, sustaining that engagement over time, and ensuring their contributions shape decisions and action. 🌐 The Sendai Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism – SEM – makes it happen. ➡️ ow.ly/IX1M50Z9nX8
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⛈️ Poverty and climate disaster risks are deeply connected.🔥 Research by @‌UNDP, @HDRUNDP , @‌ophi_oxford shows that 1.1 billion are multidimensionally poor – deprived in several areas of life — & most live where climate hazards are rising. ➡️ ow.ly/bqs450XeXBN
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📢 Trusted communication in disasters can save lives. Communication is a dynamic process, and is most effective when it can adapt and respond. Explore UNDRR’s Disaster Risk Communication Hub for other vital aspects of public risk communication 👉 ow.ly/t7xj50Yn0SO
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♿Persons with disabilities: 16% of the world's population, and frequently the most affected by disasters. Inclusive social development leaves no one behind. 👉 ow.ly/qxKk50Z8VzX #COSP19 #CRPD20 #DohaDeclaration
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The wetland that buffered the storm surge. The reef that absorbed the wave energy. The forest that slowed the flood. These losses rarely appear in national loss data – but the new framework FRAME-ECO is here to change that. ➡️ ow.ly/7kS150Z8VhJ
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🇪🇺 🔥 Europe experienced a devastating 2025 wildfire season – wreaking havoc on landscapes, cities, and communities. 💡But we can step up long-term prevention efforts on wildfires and reduce risk before the flames ignite again. Here are 5️⃣ ways 👉 ow.ly/McfF50WGWtU
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🌊 Can AI forecast floods – and save lives? @GoogleAI’s Flood Hub can predict flood risk 7 days ahead - even with scarce data. 📡 Direct alerts save lives 🌍 Free, scalable & open-access 🤝 Co-designed with govts, UN agencies & NGOs
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