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UNDRR (formerly known as UNISDR), dedicated to building disaster resilience and tackling climate change through implementation of the Sendai Framework.

16/10/2026

📢 Do early warning systems reach everyone – even the hardest-to-reach communities?

👥 Last‑mile communities — those who are geographically isolated, socially marginalized, or otherwise hard-to-reach — are often overlooked in early warning systems.

New research from the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) shows that even where early warnings exist, they often fail to reach people or trigger action. ⚠️

To ensure early warnings work for everyone, the GDPC's report provides three key recommendations to reach last-mile communities:

🤝 Promote inclusivity: Center real needs, capacities, and priorities in EWS design
🌍 Ensure accessibility: Remove barriers to receiving and understanding warnings
🏃‍♂️ Enable actionability: Make it possible to act on warnings in real-world conditions

Early warnings only work when they are received, understood, and acted upon by everyone - even last-mile communities.

Read more in the report 👉 https://ow.ly/52ai50ZY5Tb

15/10/2026

Disaster preparedness helped reduce the number of disaster-related internally displaced people in 2025. 📉

Disaster-related displacements fell 35% to 29.9 million movements across 140 countries – a significant decline from 2024's high levels driven in part by early warning systems, evacuation protocols and community readiness. Where these measures were in place, temporary displacement functioned as a protective measure, limiting human and economic losses.

Storms caused 17.9 million internal displacements; geophysical hazards – including earthquake responses in Chile and Japan – resulted in nearly 1.6 million pre-emptive evacuations with no large-scale lasting displacement recorded.

At the end of 2025, 82.2 million people were living in internal displacement across 104 countries. More than 68.6 million were displaced by conflict and violence; with 13.6 million by disasters.

Sustained investment in monitoring, early warning and community preparedness reduces the number and duration of displacements, allowing people to return home and rebuild their lives sooner. 🏠

Learn more in the 2026 Global Report on Internal Displacement from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) ➡️ https://ow.ly/3fig50ZXFxN

15/10/2026

🏠 How prepared are we when a crisis strikes?

On the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, met with European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib in Brussels to discuss why preparedness matters, starting at home.

We often talk about resilience at the national or community level, but it also begins with simple actions at home. Having essential supplies ready, understanding the risks we face and knowing where to find reliable information can make a real difference when disaster strikes.

🤝 The European Union and UNDRR have a strong partnership on disaster risk reduction and resilience, with cooperation spanning different regions of the world. Their conversation highlighted how preparedness starts with each of us, while building resilience remains a shared responsibility.

🎒Watch their conversation, and perhaps take a moment to check your own preparedness bag!

15/10/2026

🌍 What does inclusive disaster resilience look like when women lead the way?

Meet two women showing us what's possible!

🏆 From Samoa to the Philippines, the 2026 Leadership Award winners Mata’afa Fa’atino Utumapu and Aileen Kesa Marie Hualde are helping communities strengthen disability inclusion, Indigenous leadership, and locally led disaster preparedness.

🎥 Discover how the Sendai Gender Action Plan is helping turn commitments to gender equality into action, and why women's leadership matters in decisions about disaster risk.

Explore their stories ➡️ https://ow.ly/aP2650ZXCZm

15/10/2026

Assistive technology users are too often invisible in disaster preparedness. That has to change.

🔹 Access to assistive technology is a recognised right
🔹 Inclusive disaster risk reduction protects people from foreseeable risks
🔹 Assistive technology saves lives – when delivered alongside essential inclusion measures
🔹 Assistive technology builds resilience in everyday life, not just in emergencies
🔹 Governments must ensure assistive technology is available, accessible and affordable
🔹 Assistive technology users must lead the solutions
🔹 Co-design with organisations of people with disabilities must span preparedness, early warning and risk communication
🔹 Excluding assistive technology users puts lives at risk

Learn more about leveraging assistive technology for inclusive disaster risk reduction and climate action in this policy brief by UNDRR and ATscale, the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology ➡️ https://ow.ly/Ev9c50Z7whh Unlock The Everyday

14/10/2026

🏠 Time to give your home a resilience upgrade! 🔧

Floods, wildfires, storms, earthquakes, or extreme heat — each hazard requires a different way to protect your home.

💡 Which upgrade would your home need most?

This International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, discover how to make your home safer against five common hazards 👉 https://ow.ly/k60750ZWOmX

14/10/2026

🏠 Forget one-size-fits-all. Resilient homes come in all shapes, sizes, and solutions.

🌍 From Colombia to West Africa, the Philippines, and beyond, communities are finding solutions to make homes safer, each responding to the risks they face.

On this International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, we're exploring the many ways resilience starts at home.

🎥 Watch how communities around the world are putting resilience into practice.

Explore the stories ➡️ https://ow.ly/L7lr50ZX8gf

14/10/2026

🚰 Resilient water supply underpins resilience across critical infrastructure systems, including electricity, transportation, and telecommunications. When disasters disrupt water supply, the consequences extend across healthcare, sanitation, supply chains, transport, and energy.

The Global Methodology for Infrastructure Resilience Reviews – Guidance for the Water Sector, developed by UNDRR and CDRI provides a comprehensive framework for assessing the water sector – including wastewater – in depth.

It complements the broader multi-sector Global Methodology for Infrastructure Resilience Review, drawing out qualitative inputs from water-sector stakeholders to inform resilience-building activities and priorities.

Available in English, French, and Spanish ➡️ https://ow.ly/yBqh50ZWT5U

13/10/2026

🏠 How prepared is your household for the next emergency?

This International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, take part in Resilience in One Action, an interactive preparedness guide from UNDRR and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

✅Answer six quick questions.
🎯Get three suggested actions.
💪Choose one that feels useful and achievable for you.

👉Start the guide: https://ow.ly/C71E50ZWOaY

Share your action card and invite someone to take part.

13/10/2026

"Safety begins where we live, and preparedness at the household level – understanding the risks, having a plan, and acting swiftly – can mean the difference between life and loss," said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.

"Every year, millions of homes are damaged or destroyed, displacing families and deepening poverty, with some of the heaviest tolls falling on older persons, persons with disabilities, low-income households, and other vulnerable groups," he said

"That’s why the theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, 'Resilience Starts at Home', is so critical."

The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, commemorated every year on 13 October, calls for a global movement bringing together governments, communities, businesses and households to make homes safer and ensure that families are equipped to protect themselves against disaster risks.

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