Disaster Risk Reduction 2025: Global Events & Highlights

Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 marks a year of global commitment to building resilience and preventing future crises. This edition highlights key events, training, and initiatives promoting disaster preparedness worldwide.

Event: 1st Dutch-International Resilience Symposium – How to strengthen the resilience of essential services?

By Schaken, Veiligheid, Defensie, Crisis (SVDC) published on Oct 08, 2025 04:55 pm
The 1st Dutch-International Resilience Symposium will bring together experts, practitioners and community leaders to tackle this challenge head-on.

Event: International Training of Trainers (ToT) on Result Based Management, Monitoring and Evaluation (RBM-M&E)

By Asian Resource Foundation (ARF) published on Oct 08, 2025 03:54 pm
This training directly contributes to disaster risk reduction by equipping participants with monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) tools for risk analysis, contingency planning, and resilient program design in humanitarian contexts.

Event: Nature-based Solutions (NbS) hackathon in the Alto Tajo

By European Engineering Learning Innovation and Science Alliance (EELISA) published on Oct 08, 2025 03:52 pm
The EELISA Water in an Era of Change (EWEC) Community, is convening a three-day academic hackathon in Madrid, Spain, focused on prototyping Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for pollution and geohydrological hazards in the upper Tagus River.

Event: Launch of the Youth Adaptation Day 2025: Global Virtual Consultation on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)

By Global Center on Adaptation published on Oct 08, 2025 03:50 pm
This consultation will bring together youth leaders, policymakers, and partners from around the world to exchange perspectives and strengthen youth-driven recommendations.

Event: Do governments trust communities? How to build and maintain trust in the age of grievance and disinformation

By Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) published on Oct 08, 2025 02:28 pm
This presentation explores the evolving dynamics of trust between governments and communities, drawing on two key reports from the Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies.

Event: Climate Policy Radar’s Shared Intelligence series: Climate Litigation

By Climate Policy Radar published on Oct 08, 2025 01:57 pm
This webinar will provide a hands-on demonstration of a new collaboration with the Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law: The Climate Litigation Database.

Event: Towards a risk-informed approach to development: Financing Resilience Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow

By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – New York UNHQ Liaison Office published on Oct 07, 2025 06:01 pm
The event will spotlight the urgent need to scale up investments in disaster risk reduction as a foundation for sustainable development.

Event: Stronger together in emergencies – How chambers can support SME resilience

By International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) published on Oct 07, 2025 05:08 pm
Join for an hour-long webinar hosted by ICC with CIPE to explore lessons from ICC’s recently launched guide Stronger together in emergencies: How chambers of commerce can strengthen small business resilience.

Event: Challenges of water management in Europe: flood, drought, monitoring

By University of Silesia in Katowice published on Oct 07, 2025 04:34 pm
This conference is a response to the growing challenges posed by global climate change and the resulting socio-political consequences.

Event: International day of disaster risk reduction (IDDRR) 2025 in Ethiopia

By United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for Africa published on Oct 07, 2025 09:09 am
Ethiopia reaffirms its commitment to advancing disaster risk reduction and promoting a culture of prevention and resilience. The event will serve as a platform for experience sharing, networking, and strengthening partnerships across all levels.

Event: “Fund Resilience, Not Disasters” – Building Momentum for the Pacific Climate Finance Investment Forum

By Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat published on Oct 07, 2025 05:36 am
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is organising a webinar to mark the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) on 13 October 2025.

Event: Enhancing investments in disaster risk reduction to building resilient agrifood systems

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published on Oct 06, 2025 10:30 pm
FAO, in collaboration with UNDRR, will host a global event to spotlight innovative approaches for scaling up DRR investments in agrifood systems.

Event: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction activities in Mozambique

By Light For Africa Association (LAA) published on Oct 06, 2025 09:31 pm
The Light for Africa Association organises three activities for the 2025 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction campaign in Mozambique.

Event: Presentation of a Natural Disaster Preparedness Guide for Caregivers

By Disaster Competence Network Austria published on Oct 06, 2025 09:07 pm
By providing practical guidance and clear steps for emergency planning, this initiative strengthens resilience at the household level and helps prevent future losses.

Event: Disaster Risk Reduction Day

By Institute of Land and Disaster Management published on Oct 06, 2025 08:34 pm
This event embodies the 2025 IDDRR theme by emphasizing education, awareness, and youth engagement as cost-effective investments in disaster risk reduction.

Event: Financial incentives as a strategy for promoting disaster resilience

By European Scientific and Technical Advisory Group published on Oct 06, 2025 12:10 pm
The webinar will explore mechanisms to increase funding for disaster risk reduction, particularly in the housing sector, and examine ways to close the financial gap in preparedness, protection, and recovery.

Event: Celebrate COPE’s 10th Anniversary!

By COPE Disaster Champions published on Oct 02, 2025 02:35 pm
COPE is honoured to invite you to join its online anniversary celebration as it looks back on a decade of empowering children worldwide with disaster risk reduction knowledge.

Event: 4th National Conference on Societal Resilience

By University of Manchester published on Oct 02, 2025 02:28 pm
This in-person conference will provide a vital networking forum bringing together partners from policy and practice from across UK+, to share insights, learn together with likeminded colleagues, and identify collaborative opportunities.

Event: Words into Action: National Disaster Risk Assessment

By UNITAR CIFAL Newcastle published on Oct 02, 2025 10:20 am
These events will employ locally relevant case studies as a mechanism for exploring and applying the resources and material and to highlight the flexibility, utility and user-oriented design of the guide.