PreventionWeb, the global knowledge sharing platform for disaster risk reduction and resilience
Featured latest additions
PreventionWeb's key offerings
Welcome to PreventionWeb, the global knowledge-sharing platform for disaster risk reduction and resilience.
Explore all updates by their type: news, publications, resource guides and more.
Learn the concept of disaster risk, risk assessment, management strategies, and the importance of collaboration.
Grow your skills, find a vacancy and advocate for DRR.
DRR Voices
Stories and perspectives from DRR practitioners and academics on reducing risk and building resilience.
PreventionWeb editors will review your content and get back to you promptly.
Resource guides
The overall goal of WIN DRR is to empower women to attain leadership and enhance their role in decision-making in disaster risk reduction in Asia-Pacific. See the profiles of women that contribute to reducing disaster risk in their communities.
View all topic guidesThis Words into Action guide aims to promote greater implementation of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) across all sectors to protect the most exposed populations from disasters.
View all WiA guidesThe Chernobyl disaster began on 26 April 1986 with the explosion of the No. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR, close to the border with the Byelorussian SSR, in the Soviet Union.
View all collectionsLatest events and training
Discover PreventionWeb
PreventionWeb is the global knowledge sharing platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience.
The site offers a range of knowledge products and services to facilitate the work of DRR professionals and is managed by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
Featured links
Documents, tools and processes.
A day that encourages every citizen and government to build more disaster-resilient communities and nations.
Watch and read interviews, as well as trainings to enhance your career, and new job opportunities.
The Sendai Framework Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction.
The flagship report of the United Nations on worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risk.
Cities on a pathway to resilience – making the city safer, preventing risks and promoting innovation and investments.
Experiences and lessons on building back better in recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction.
The Women's International Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (WIN DRR) supports and promotes women's leadership in DRR across Asia and the Pacific.
A toolkit for news media professionals reporting on disasters and resilience
Discover the early experiences and works of the disaster risk reduction pioneers.
Hazards do not have to turn into disasters, add your voice to our campaign and become a DRR advocate.