Disaster Risk Reduction

Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery

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UNDP's Work on Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery

UNDP’s work in the area of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and recovery is aligned with the UNDP Strategic Plan 2022-2025, which recognizes the need to strengthen the capacity of countries, institutions and people to prevent, mitigate and respond to diverse risks including crisis, conflict, natural hazards, climate change and social and economic shocks (UNDP Signature Solution 3: Resilience). In line with the Strategic Plan, the UNDP Crisis Offer, endorsed in 2022, outlines how UNDP helps countries anticipate, prevent, respond to and recover from shocks and crises.

The overarching frame of UNDP's work on DRR and recovery is risk-informed development. Through four interconnected workstreams, UNDP works towards strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerabilities by increasing risk governance capacity, refining and expanding the understanding of DRR, fostering access to risk information and enhancing prevention, preparedness and recovery processes. UNDP pursues a holistic, conflict sensitive, whole-of-government and -society, gender transformative approach that leaves no one behind. The four areas of work comprise:

Integrated Risk Governance: Strengthened disaster and climate risk governance capacities that set incentives for risk reduction and resilience building (Sendai Priority 2)
Climate and Disaster Risk Information: Increased access to and application of climate and disaster risk information to support risk-informed development (Sendai Priority 1)
Sustainable Recovery: Enhanced recovery assessment, planning and preparedness capacities that ensure resilience after disasters (Sendai Priority 4)
Early Warning, Preparedness and Anticipation: Strengthened early warning and preparedness systems and capacities to support early action of affected populations (Sendai Priority 4)

Through risk-informed development, urban resilience, early warning and preparedness, UNDP aims to engage a broader network of stakeholders, representing a range of perspectives at all levels: public and private, formal and informal. The ambition is to entertain transparent dialogues on the trade-offs between decisions on risk-informed versus risk-blind policies and investment, fostering resilience to a range of interconnected shocks and threats.

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