Priority 2: Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk

The mission of the IWPM is to support, on request, agencies and countries to build national capacity and resilience to wildfire through the exchange of best practice in landscape fire management

This commitment strengthens climate and disaster resilience in Guidimakha, Mauritania through community-led Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and eco-DRR, addressing floods, drought, heatwaves and wildfires, with a replication and learning window for Nouakchott’s coastal/littoral resilience (2026–2028).

ADPC is an autonomous international organization committed to build the resilience of people and institutions to disasters and climate change impacts in Asia and the Pacific. We provide technical services across social and physical sciences to support sustainable solutions.

Shifting the Power Coalition is comprised of women’s rights and disability organisations across the Pacific region working together to strengthen diverse women’s voices, agency and decision making in disaster preparedness, response and recovery.

The World Bosai Forum brings together actors in disaster risk reduction from across society and the world to share knowledge, learn from one another, and achieve holistic risk reduction.

The Global Alliance of Disaster Research Institutes (GADRI) aims to form a collaborative platform for research and knowledge sharing across DRR and resilience. GADRI organizes its biennial GADRI Global Summit, bringing together its members to present, discuss, report, and evaluate the research being conducted across the network.

Fly for Humanity optimizes the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, in the process of handling disasters to contribute to building resilience for Indonesia.

The ``Establishment of the Matsuyama City Disaster Prevention Education Promotion Council'' started in May 2019, and it is continuing to work on developing and fostering disaster prevention leaders in Matsuyama City, including within industry, government, academia, and citizens.

UCLG ASPAC received a request from its member, Bontang City to support the city’s disaster risk reduction and urban resilience efforts. In collaboration with the UNDRR, BNPB, and MoHA of Indonesia, UCLG ASPAC organised a training on DRR and Urban Resilience in Bontang on April 29-30, 2024.

The DRR4Africa project seeks to improve the resilience of three African cities from climate-induced disasters by collaboratively identifying the biggest disaster threats, and developing solutions packages tailored to these cities.