GAR2022 – UN warns about societal collapse

Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future. COVID-19 and climate change are rapidly making it clear that, in today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts increasingly cascade across geographies and sectors. Despite progress, risk creation is outstripping risk re … | Continue reading


@undrr.org | 1 year ago

Global catastrophic risk and planetary boundaries: disaster risk reduction

This contributing paper presents a literature review on the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework, global catastrophic risk, and planetary boundaries before undertaking a scenario analysis. | Continue reading


@undrr.org | 1 year ago

Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022

The central question for this Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 (GAR2022) is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. Disaster impacts increasingly cascade across geographies and sectors. | Continue reading


@undrr.org | 1 year ago

The human cost of disasters: an overview of the last 20 years

UNDRR report published to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, 2020, confirms how extreme weather events have come to dominate the disaster landscape in the 21st century. | Continue reading


@undrr.org | 3 years ago