UNDRR New York Liaison Office

Tweets by the New York Liaison Office of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (@UNDRR)

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We can't predict earthquakes — but automated systems can detect early shaking and act.

P-wave detection triggers alerts, stops trains, shuts gas lines, protects infrastructure in seconds.

Those seconds save lives. ➡️ https://t.co/aqyfZDvct5
#EarthquakeDay #BuildingResilience

[UNDRR New York Liaison Office @UNDRR_NY]

🕯️We can honour the memory of the victims of earthquakes by protecting those they leave behind.

Safer buildings and safer communities mean a safer future.🏢

29 April is International #EarthquakeDay

➡️ https://t.co/Uw0h6IRLw1 #BuildingResilience

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Italy’s PR @margiodi was delighted to meet today with @UNDRR Director Paola Albrito. The Ambassador reaffirmed Italy’s continued strong support to #UNDRR, a key partner of our humanitarian and development action worldwide and especially in #Africa.

Italy is also a strong supporter and advocate for the new global convention on the protection of persons in the event of disasters #PPED.

[UNDRR New York Liaison Office @UNDRR_NY]

Thank you to 🇯🇵 🇱🇰🇨🇱🇲🇻🇹🇭🇵🇪🇦🇺🇳🇴🇮🇩 for joining us to commemorate World Tsunami Awareness Day. The panel exchange, and reception highlighted one message: preparedness saves lives. Together, we can strengthen early warning systems and resilience 🌎🌏
#WTAD2025 #BeTsunamiReady

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🌐We must celebrate how international cooperation has improved people’s lives. 🌊 One success was the expansion of tsunami early warnings after the 2004 tsunami.

Sustained investment in preparedness is essential.

https://t.co/Tj9PIkGrHh #TsunamiDay #EarlyWarningsForAll

[UNDRR New York Liaison Office @UNDRR_NY]

🌊 5 Nov is World #TsunamiDay
Investing in tsunami readiness pays dividends in safety, stability, & sustainable development:
📢 #EarlyWarningsForAll
🌐 Regional coherence
💰 Financing & innovation
📣 Communication
📊 Readiness metrics

➡️ https://t.co/vAkL1QMwHi

@UNDRR #WTAD

[UNDRR New York Liaison Office @UNDRR_NY]

Today the Group of Friends for DRR convened in New York to mark IDDRR, reaffirming their shared commitment to advancing risk-informed development and accelerating progress on the Sendai Framework and the SDGs. 🌍 #IDDRR #Resilience #SendaiFramework

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We must fund resilience, not disasters. Because resilience pays.

Investment in disaster risk reduction saves lives and frees up resources that can power sustainable development for a resilient future.

Today, 13 Oct, is #DRRday ➡️ https://t.co/OTkd29W0ZT #ResiliencePays

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💰“Disasters are neither natural nor inevitable.” — Kamal Kishore, @UN SRSG for Disaster Risk Reduction.

This #DRRday, we call for decisive investment shifts:
1️⃣ Fund prevention & resilience
2️⃣ Make all investments risk-informed

➡️ https://t.co/3BGcbplRFx #ResiliencePays

[UNDRR New York Liaison Office @UNDRR_NY]

$2.3 trillion: that's how much disasters cost us each year! 💸

If we were to invest more in preventing disasters, so much of that lost money could be spent on making the world a better place ➡️ https://t.co/C3cVu9gIFz #DRRday #ResiliencePays

[UNDRR New York Liaison Office @UNDRR_NY]

In support of the @Cop30noBrasil @HeadUNDRR met with Her Excellency Ms. Marcia Lopes, Brazil’s Minister of Women, to discuss UNDRR's offer of data expertise📊, partnerships 🤝, and technical support aimed at reducing the impact of disasters on women.

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Resilience gives « the best return on investment » @HeadUNDRR @Reuters Climate Live: Governments, private sector, communities must scale up financing for adaption, resilience and DRR #UNGA #ClimateWeekNY

Listen to the whole interview 👇 https://t.co/7dGti8Vnrq

[UNDRR New York Liaison Office @UNDRR_NY]

🌐 #EarlyWarningsForAll is no longer just an initiative—it’s a global movement. At #UNGA80, we united around one purpose: solutions.

✅ Science into decisions
✅ Warnings into action
✅ Data into trust
✅ Resilience for all

[UNDRR New York Liaison Office @UNDRR_NY]

Today, the GOF on #DRR met at Ambassadorial level to reaffirm political leadership on disaster risk reduction.
Member States stressed the urgency of scaled-up investment, inclusive resilience, and DRR integration across agendas.
@HeadUNDRR briefed on strategic priorities.

[The Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the UN 🇯🇲 @JaMissionUN]

H.E. Mr. Brian Wallace, 🇯🇲 Jamaica’s PR to the UN, met with Mr. Kamal Kishore, SRSG for @UNDRR, on the margins of HLPF.

They discussed updates on the Global Platform, the outlook on #UN80 reform, and support for a draft convention on PPED. 🤝🌍 #DisasterRiskReduction

[UNDRR New York Liaison Office @UNDRR_NY]

📣 “To achieve #SDG8, we must embed risk-informed strategies into all economic planning.” – @HeadUNDRR
Disaster risk reduction = economic stability, job creation & resilience.
Let’s act with the urgency this moment demands.
#InvestInDRR

[UNDRR New York Liaison Office @UNDRR_NY]

At the 🇺🇳 #HLPF2025 #SDG8 Thematic Session, SRSG Kamal Kishore @HeadUNDRR reminded us: Disasters are not just humanitarian challenges – they are also economic ones. 💼🌍

🧵 A thread on why decent work depends on disaster resilience:

[UNDRR New York Liaison Office @UNDRR_NY]

✅ At the #GlobalPlatform2025 in Geneva, Member States endorsed the #GenevaCall for DRR – a roadmap for protecting livelihoods through 8 concrete actions.
Including:
✔️ Risk-informing all investments
✔️ Scaling early warnings
✔️ Building resilient infrastructure