Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs): 2025 version
The Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) serve as a trusted source of scientifically grounded, standardized hazard information used by governments, agencies, researchers and educators worldwide. They support risk assessment, disaster preparedness, loss tracking and multi-sectoral planning. As the risk landscape and its understanding continuously evolve, it was recognized that the HIPs would need to be periodically updated to meet the needs of a wide spectrum of users and recognize the systemic nature of risk. The result is a revised list of 281 hazards grouped into eight hazard types.
Key updates include:
- Updated scientific information;
- Inclusion of a multi-hazard context section;
- Inclusion of a monitoring section;
- Reorganization and groupings of the HIPs, with a new ‘open’ numbering system based on the hazard clusters, allowing the addition of new hazards within a cluster in future rounds of HIPs review;
- Inclusion of chapeau HIPs providing general information that applies to similar hazards which do not have a dedicated HIP. For example, there is a chapeau HIP on Toxic Gases to provide information relevant for all toxic gases, including those without a dedicated HIP.
A Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) online reference is available and updated with the 2025 revision.
