Discover PreventionWeb
PreventionWeb is the global knowledge sharing platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience.
The site offers a range of knowledge products and services to facilitate the work of DRR professionals and is managed by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
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Know and understand
PreventionWeb offers a knowledge base as well as valuable insights on preventing disasters.
Daily updates to a global knowledge base with more than 75,000 entries.
An introduction to disaster risk reduction, key concepts and trends in DRR.
Definitions of key concepts in disaster risk reduction.
Explore DRR activities and resource by geography.
A global blueprint aiming to substantially reduce disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods, and health, while also enhancing resilience and promoting sustainable development.
Explore
Geographic and topical concepts offer lenses into DRR publications, events, and news.
DRR-related themes and issues are wide and cross-cutting.
Hazards cause health impacts, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation.
Reference material on various disaster risk reduction topics and emerging trends.
Explore the lessons learned from past disasters, what were the risk drivers, impacts and efforts towards building back better.
Stories and perspectives from DRR practitioners and academics on reducing risk and building resilience.
Guidelines that provide practical, specific advice on implementing a people-centered approach to DRR.
Develop and grow
A wealth of resources to grow your skills and career.
Disaster Risk Reduction needs a wide range of expertise.
Workshops and webinars available on-demand or as scheduled learning.
A global catalogue of academic programmes by nationally accredited institutions.
Discover the early experiences and works of the disaster risk reduction pioneers.
Connect
Engage with the DRR community.
Find a partner in our global directory, featuring over 8,000 organizations working in DRR.
DRR meetings and conferences related to disaster risk communication, sustainability, resilience, recovery and beyond.
Free workspaces and mailing groups for disaster risk reduction communities.
News from the disaster risk reduction (DRR) community and beyond.
Hazards do not have to turn into disasters, add your voice to our campaign and become a DRR advocate.
Share and publish
We welcome content that meets our content submission policy.
Submit news, events, publications to include in our knowledge base.
Contribute a blog post on reducing risk and building resilience.
Stay informed
A range of periodic updates to your inbox on the latest developments in disaster risk reduction.
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PreventionWeb is a participatory website. In order to improve the site to serve you better, we need your comments and suggestions.
Get in touchRecent updates
Take a loot at the latest updates we made on features and improvements designed to enhance your experience on PreventionWeb:
- Improved search functionality: Finding the content you need is now faster and more accurate with our enhanced search capabilities.
- Updates to policies and plans pages: We’ve refreshed our policies and plans pages and content to better serve our community and ensure alignment with best practices. A country risk document page is also now available.
- New ways of accessing content: Knowledge base: Explore and search for content on disaster risk resilience using the entry or angle you are most interested in https://www.preventionweb.net/knowledge-base
- Improved organization filtering: Finding organizations is now easier with our refined filtering options, helping you connect with the right resources more efficiently.
- A Hub section has been created: A central repository of resources, tools, and knowledge aimed at enhancing disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience building across the globe.
- New images and social cards have been designed to illustrate our key services and sections.
- "What you can do on PW" page: This page gives you an overview of PreventionWeb services and site traffic data https://www.preventionweb.net/about-preventionweb
- Disaster risk solutions: This is a catalogue of evidence-based practices to reduce disaster risk. https://www.preventionweb.net/understanding-disaster-risk/disaster-risk-solutions
- Podcasts on disaster resilience: This is PreventionWeb's curated guide to the most insightful podcasts on disaster risk reduction and resilience. https://www.preventionweb.net/community/podcasts-DRR
- PreventionWeb on LinkedIn: Stay up to date with the latest news, research, and jobs related to disaster risk reduction. https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/preventionweb/
Site traffic and publishing information
- 210,000 visitors each month
- 76,000 pieces of content in the knowledge base
- 340 entries published each month
- 210 News articles
- 100 Publications
- 11,000 subscribers to the mailing list
2023 Publishing summary
- 1,200 Documents & publications
- 530 Research briefs
- 13 Blogs
Data from 1 January - 31 December 2023