United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

The LDCs are disproportionally affected by the impact of disasters, including climate change, which erode hard-won progress towards sustainable development. Reducing risk and building resilience are embedded across the Doha Programme of Action and are essential for sustainable development that leads to sustainable graduation from the LDC category. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) supports LDCs in implementing the Doha Programme of Action in synergy with the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. 

UNDRR's technical and capacity development support includes the following:

• Developing, inclusive and participatory multi-hazard national disaster risk reduction strategies and reviewing national legislation and standards to promote a risk-informed approach to development and climate action in all sectors. The Making Cities Resilient 2030 Campaign offers a 3-stage roadmap to building resilience at the local level.
• Establishing national disaster risk reduction platforms to guide the implementation of national disaster risk reduction strategies and strengthen risk governance across ministries and sectors, including by ensuring coherence between climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction policies and practices in support of sustainable development.
• Strengthening national statistical and planning capacity and inter-institutional coordination mechanisms for the collection, analysis and use of disaster risk and loss data. The Global Risk Assessment Framework and national disaster loss databases can provide the LDCs with risk information and analytics to inform policy and investment decisions.
• Support to countries on disaster risk reduction financing, including through Risk-Sensitive Budget Reviews. 
• Strengthening multi-hazard early warning systems that lead to early action to reduce risk and build resilience.
• Promoting the integration of disaster risk reduction into humanitarian action and strategies to prevent disaster displacement.

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