GP2025 Programme

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  • Full agenda

  • Full agenda

    Day 1 - 2 June

    Day 2 - 3 June

    Day 3 - 4 June

    04 Jun

    children jumping on flash flood walls in Nepal
    Informal Programme
    04 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Lausanne Room
    Onsite
    Displacement in Disasters - Participation and Innovation for Resilience
    This multistakeholder side event showcases how data, evidence, art and innovative ways of engagement can promote an inclusive, protection and human rights based approach to disaster displacement
    Side event
    Indo/Swiss mission for the Installation of Automatic Weather and Water Monitoring Stations in the Himalayas
    Informal Programme
    04 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Geneva Room
    Onsite
    Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Hazard Modelling and Risk Management in the Indian Himalayas and the Tian Shan Region
    Glacial Lake Outburst Floods threaten Himalayan communities. This session explores cutting-edge solutions from technology, to policy, and local resilience-building—enhancing early warning and risk mitigation through international collaboration.
    Side event
    Person showing book about disaster preparedness and response measures and pictures taking place in Bangladesh.
    Informal Programme
    04 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 4
    Onsite
    Building inclusive disaster preparedness through community-based early warning and response systems: lessons learned from Bangladesh and Fiji
    This side event will share practical examples of strategies to meaningfully engage people with disabilities in developing and implementing community-based inclusive early warning and response systems.
    Side event
    Woman carrying possessions and chickens in a flooded area
    Informal Programme
    04 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 3
    Onsite
    How Inclusion, Gender equality and Innovation lead to Sustainable Development for DRR – Lessons learned from RISK Award projects
    This event will show how medium-sized projects run by NGOs and communities can create blueprints for successful DRR. We address issues such as financing, innovation, and inclusion.
    Side event
    Father carrying daughter on his back seeking shelter after the destruction of their home by a typhoon in the Philipinnes
    Informal Programme
    04 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 12
    Onsite
    Promises yet to be fulfilled: Accelerating Disability Inclusion in Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Action
    This session explores persistent gaps in disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction, highlighting challenges, best practices, and policy progress while showcasing innovative, disability lead scalable solutions for inclusive resilience.
    Side event

    Day 4 - 5 June

    05 Jun

    Road electronic sign showing a extreme heat warning during a heat wave in California
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    10:00 - 11:30 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 4
    Onsite
    Equity in Action: Early Warnings for All People
    This session unites participants from the Early Warning Early Action chain to explore the priorities and access barriers. Through group activities, they will create inclusive, future-proof strategies that drive action for at-risk populations, saving lives
    Side event
    Persons doing river depth measurements to propose flood control measures for the area
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Lausanne Room
    Onsite
    Best Tools and Practices in Accelerating Disaster Risk Reduction Urgency through Local Physical and Development Planning in Changing Climate
    The event promotes inclusive, multi-stakeholder collaboration for disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation, aligning with the Sendai Framework to enhance resilience through participatory governance, knowledge-sharing, and capacity-building.
    Side event
    Young in the water person giving mangrove sapplings to a woman for planting
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Geneva Room
    Onsite
    Beyond “Bali Agenda for Resilience” 2022: Positioning Youth and Local Knowledge at the Heart of Sustainable Resilience
    The side event aims to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) by emphasizing the pivotal roles of youth and local knowledge as the frontline in resilience-building efforts.
    Side event
    Nepali house destroyed in earthquake
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 12
    Onsite
    From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Elevating Women with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness
    This session highlights the barriers faced by women with disabilities in disaster preparedness, promotes inclusive strategies, and advocates for global action to ensure their participation in DRR efforts
    Side event
    girl in boat doing homework
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 3
    Onsite
    Inclusive Comprehensive School Safety: Strengthening Resilience for Children and Youth in all hazards
    This engaging, hands-on session will impart stakeholders with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to translate children’s right to learn in a safe environment into reality.
    Side event
    People planting a mangrove plant
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 4
    Onsite
    Leveraging locally led good practices for upscaling NbS to address disaster and climate risk.
    The session discusses locally driven work with nature to reduce risks and scaling up of these local initiatives to ecosystem, subnational and national level for maximum impact.
    Side event
    Group of people making an assessment of the landslide area following Cyclone Freddy in Blantyre, Malawi
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Nyon Room
    Onsite
    Knowledge Series on African Urban Resilience: Key Insights from 50 cities and Recommendations for Strengthening Urban Resilience Across the Continent
    This event shares actionable baseline and best practices for advancing urban resilience in Africa, showcasing findings from the review of 50 urban areas across the continent.
    Side event

    Day 5 - 6 June

    06 Jun

    Duststorm engulfing a town
    Informal Programme
    06 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Lausanne Room
    Onsite
    Integrating Sand and Dust Storms Risk Reduction into Disaster Resilience Strategies
    This session highlights the urgent need to integrate sand and dust storm risk into DRR strategies, addressing their widespread impacts and aligning with global resilience and sustainability goals.
    Side event
    Women sewing next to a quanat
    Informal Programme
    06 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 12
    Onsite
    Playing the Risk Game: Co-developing a do-it-yourself tool for hyperlocal climate and disaster risk assessment
    The session will introduce a participatory tool, empowering diverse stakeholders to assess climate and disaster risks to build resilience by fostering collaboration & inclusion of cultural heritage.
    Side event
    Worker uses a smartphone to document the condition of the solar panel for a landslide early warning system on a rural hill slope near Magelang, Indonesia.
    Informal Programme
    06 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 3
    Onsite
    Advancing Risk Reduction with Inclusive AI Solutions
    An open discussion with global experts on ensuring AI-driven DRR is inclusive, locally relevant, and ethically governed—focusing on challenges and opportunities in the Global South.
    Side event
    People walking in a flooded road
    Informal Programme
    06 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 4
    Onsite & Online
    All-of-society engagement to finance the gap in Disaster Risk Reduction Investment
    This event will discuss how to engage all-of-society to finance the gap in DRR Investment through sharing various methodologies and best practices from member states.
    Side event
    A young girl in a green dress smiles while sitting in her new wheelchair at an assistive devices distribution event
    Informal Programme
    06 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Geneva Room
    Onsite
    Invisible No More: Adolescent Girls, Disability, and Disasters
    This side event shines a spotlight on the often-overlooked vulnerabilities of adolescent girls with disabilities in disaster contexts. A truly resilient future requires centering their voices and experiences.
    Side event
  • Preparatory Days

  • Preparatory Days

    The Preparatory Days will take place from 2 to 3 June 2025 and will provide stakeholders and partners a platform to network and exchange knowledge. More information on the below sessions will be available in due course:

    • Third Stakeholder Forum on DRR
    • Global EW4ALL Multi-stakeholder Forum
    • World Resilient Recovery Conference
  • Official Programme

  • Official Programme

  • Informal Programme

  • Informal Programme

    The Informal Programme incorporates a rich array of events, discussions, and interactive platforms for exchanging experiences and lessons learned, and showcasing best practices. Information on Learning Labs and Innovation Platform sessions will be available in due course.

    Ignite Stage
    The Ignite Stage comprises TED-talk 15-min style speeches in which pre-selected participants present on a DRR topic, project or initiative. Its goal is to expand the variety of DRR topics discussed at the Global Platform.
    See the agenda
    Innovation Platform
    The innovation platform is a space where participants of the Global Platform showcase applications and technologies for new and innovative approaches to DRR, innovative educational activities and more.
    CICG 1st floor

    04 Jun

    Father carrying daughter on his back seeking shelter after the destruction of their home by a typhoon in the Philipinnes
    Informal Programme
    04 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 12
    Onsite
    Promises yet to be fulfilled: Accelerating Disability Inclusion in Disaster Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Action
    This session explores persistent gaps in disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction, highlighting challenges, best practices, and policy progress while showcasing innovative, disability lead scalable solutions for inclusive resilience.
    Side event
    Indo/Swiss mission for the Installation of Automatic Weather and Water Monitoring Stations in the Himalayas
    Informal Programme
    04 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Geneva Room
    Onsite
    Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Hazard Modelling and Risk Management in the Indian Himalayas and the Tian Shan Region
    Glacial Lake Outburst Floods threaten Himalayan communities. This session explores cutting-edge solutions from technology, to policy, and local resilience-building—enhancing early warning and risk mitigation through international collaboration.
    Side event
    Woman carrying possessions and chickens in a flooded area
    Informal Programme
    04 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 3
    Onsite
    How Inclusion, Gender equality and Innovation lead to Sustainable Development for DRR – Lessons learned from RISK Award projects
    This event will show how medium-sized projects run by NGOs and communities can create blueprints for successful DRR. We address issues such as financing, innovation, and inclusion.
    Side event
    Person showing book about disaster preparedness and response measures and pictures taking place in Bangladesh.
    Informal Programme
    04 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 4
    Onsite
    Building inclusive disaster preparedness through community-based early warning and response systems: lessons learned from Bangladesh and Fiji
    This side event will share practical examples of strategies to meaningfully engage people with disabilities in developing and implementing community-based inclusive early warning and response systems.
    Side event
    children jumping on flash flood walls in Nepal
    Informal Programme
    04 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Lausanne Room
    Onsite
    Displacement in Disasters - Participation and Innovation for Resilience
    This multistakeholder side event showcases how data, evidence, art and innovative ways of engagement can promote an inclusive, protection and human rights based approach to disaster displacement
    Side event

    05 Jun

    Road electronic sign showing a extreme heat warning during a heat wave in California
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    10:00 - 11:30 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 4
    Onsite
    Equity in Action: Early Warnings for All People
    This session unites participants from the Early Warning Early Action chain to explore the priorities and access barriers. Through group activities, they will create inclusive, future-proof strategies that drive action for at-risk populations, saving lives
    Side event
    Persons doing river depth measurements to propose flood control measures for the area
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:15 - 13:45 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Lausanne Room
    Onsite
    Best Tools and Practices in Accelerating Disaster Risk Reduction Urgency through Local Physical and Development Planning in Changing Climate
    The event promotes inclusive, multi-stakeholder collaboration for disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation, aligning with the Sendai Framework to enhance resilience through participatory governance, knowledge-sharing, and capacity-building.
    Side event
    People planting a mangrove plant
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 4
    Onsite
    Leveraging locally led good practices for upscaling NbS to address disaster and climate risk.
    The session discusses locally driven work with nature to reduce risks and scaling up of these local initiatives to ecosystem, subnational and national level for maximum impact.
    Side event
    girl in boat doing homework
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 3
    Onsite
    Inclusive Comprehensive School Safety: Strengthening Resilience for Children and Youth in all hazards
    This engaging, hands-on session will impart stakeholders with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to translate children’s right to learn in a safe environment into reality.
    Side event
    Group of people making an assessment of the landslide area following Cyclone Freddy in Blantyre, Malawi
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Nyon Room
    Onsite
    Knowledge Series on African Urban Resilience: Key Insights from 50 cities and Recommendations for Strengthening Urban Resilience Across the Continent
    This event shares actionable baseline and best practices for advancing urban resilience in Africa, showcasing findings from the review of 50 urban areas across the continent.
    Side event
    Young in the water person giving mangrove sapplings to a woman for planting
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Geneva Room
    Onsite
    Beyond “Bali Agenda for Resilience” 2022: Positioning Youth and Local Knowledge at the Heart of Sustainable Resilience
    The side event aims to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) by emphasizing the pivotal roles of youth and local knowledge as the frontline in resilience-building efforts.
    Side event
    Nepali house destroyed in earthquake
    Informal Programme
    05 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 12
    Onsite
    From Vulnerability to Empowerment: Elevating Women with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness
    This session highlights the barriers faced by women with disabilities in disaster preparedness, promotes inclusive strategies, and advocates for global action to ensure their participation in DRR efforts
    Side event

    06 Jun

    People walking in a flooded road
    Informal Programme
    06 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 4
    Onsite & Online
    All-of-society engagement to finance the gap in Disaster Risk Reduction Investment
    This event will discuss how to engage all-of-society to finance the gap in DRR Investment through sharing various methodologies and best practices from member states.
    Side event
    Worker uses a smartphone to document the condition of the solar panel for a landslide early warning system on a rural hill slope near Magelang, Indonesia.
    Informal Programme
    06 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 3
    Onsite
    Advancing Risk Reduction with Inclusive AI Solutions
    An open discussion with global experts on ensuring AI-driven DRR is inclusive, locally relevant, and ethically governed—focusing on challenges and opportunities in the Global South.
    Side event
    A young girl in a green dress smiles while sitting in her new wheelchair at an assistive devices distribution event
    Informal Programme
    06 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Geneva Room
    Onsite
    Invisible No More: Adolescent Girls, Disability, and Disasters
    This side event shines a spotlight on the often-overlooked vulnerabilities of adolescent girls with disabilities in disaster contexts. A truly resilient future requires centering their voices and experiences.
    Side event
    Women sewing next to a quanat
    Informal Programme
    06 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CICG - Room 12
    Onsite
    Playing the Risk Game: Co-developing a do-it-yourself tool for hyperlocal climate and disaster risk assessment
    The session will introduce a participatory tool, empowering diverse stakeholders to assess climate and disaster risks to build resilience by fostering collaboration & inclusion of cultural heritage.
    Side event
    Duststorm engulfing a town
    Informal Programme
    06 Jun 2025
    12:45 - 14:15 (CEST+0 Europe/Berlin)
    CCV - Lausanne Room
    Onsite
    Integrating Sand and Dust Storms Risk Reduction into Disaster Resilience Strategies
    This session highlights the urgent need to integrate sand and dust storm risk into DRR strategies, addressing their widespread impacts and aligning with global resilience and sustainability goals.
    Side event