Informes

When Tropical Cyclone Seroja and the Easter floods struck Timor-Leste in April 2021, the impacts were severe. Thirty-four lives were lost, thousands of people were affected, and economic losses were significant. The events exposed two important…

From extreme heat and floods to earthquakes and cyclones, a wealth of examples collected on PreventionWeb offer clear evidence that disaster risk reduction delivers tangible results. This small selection of cases shows how prevention, when backed by…

As both the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework mark ten years of implementation, their respective indicator systems are increasingly revealing a shared opportunity: greater coherence and coordination between climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. The…

SWALIM’s Critical Role in Somalia’s Drought Emergency Response Somalia is facing a severe drought emergency following consecutive seasons of below-average rainfall. On 10 November 2025, the Federal Government declared a national drought emergency as conditions spread across…

The South Sudan Roadmap on Anticipatory Action 2025-2030 (SSRAA) represents a major milestone in the country’s efforts to shift from crisis-response to proactive risk management. In a context where climate-related and human- induced shocks are becoming…

UNDRR supported a week of back-to-back capacity-building engagements to help national stakeholders move from risk information to actionable early warnings and anticipatory action, a critical step in accelerating Early Warnings for All (EW4All) in fragile and…

RISK ANALYSIS AND EARLY ACTION SELECTION Prioritized hazard and its historical impact. Heatwaves have become more intense, frequent, and prolonged worldwide, with projections indicating further worsening as global warming accelerates. These extreme heat events are contributing to rising…

BELEM/ROME – Even a 1°C rise in global temperatures could push an additional 70 million people into food insecurity across 45 countries where it operates, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today as COP30…

In Tajikistan, from 12-14 November 2025, an important training workshop on using risk knowledge for multi-hazard early warning systems took place within the framework of the project “Strengthening resilience to disasters and climate change in Tajikistan.”…

One week after Hurricane Melissa, the humanitarian response continues with the same strength with which preparations began — one week before the storm hit. From the coast of Jamaica to the eastern mountains of Cuba, the…