The 8th Session of theGlobal Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

GP2025

Geneva

2–6 June 2025

GP2025 will start in 02 June 2025 days

OVERALL THEMES

Every Day Counts, Act for Resilience Today

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Managing current and future risks and uncertainties in a rapidly changing climate and global context

Prioritizing gender equality, accessibility and inclusion to leave no one behind

Accelerate action for our collective sustainable future

Latest announcements

Highway with cars rushing over it at night.
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Investing in resilient infrastructure for a better future

Day-to-day life depends on infrastructure and its services, this includes supply-chains, electricity, water and sanitation, and information networks. In the face of COVID-19 and increasing extreme weather events, these systems are under increasing threat.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Bishkek meeting
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European-Union-funded project supports Bishkek’s detailed disaster resilience assessment

With financial support from the EU, and the facilitation of UNDRR, the city of Bishkek launched its Detailed Disaster Resilience Scorecard Assessment process, which forms a part of the city’s wider Local Disaster Resilience Strategy development process.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Rajib Shaw - Professor at Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan - has championed multi-hazard community-based disaster risk reduction in six Asian countries, and his work has led to the establishment of village level community-based working groups.
Press release

2022 Sasakawa Award winners promote inclusion and protection of vulnerable people

Three individuals – Myriam Urzúa Venegas, Rajib Shaw and Glenn Suerte Felipe Banaguas – and three organizations – the Pacific Disaster Center, Save the Children Philippines, and SEEDS – are the six laureates of the 2022 United Nations Sasakawa Award.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

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A Multi-stakeholder forum recognized by the UN General Assembly

The UN General Assembly recognizes the Global Platform as the global multi-stakeholder forum to review progress on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the Platform, governments, the UN system and all stakeholders get together to share knowledge and discuss the latest developments and trends in reducing disaster risk, identify gaps and make recommendations to further accelerate the implementation of the Sendai Framework. The eighth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be organized and convened by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and hosted by the Government of Switzerland.