Risk Knowledge and Innovation

View resources on science and technology from the Africa region.

This section displays content created the partners participating in the Africa Network of Centres of Excellence for Disaster Risk Reduction. It serves as a knowledge hub of NoE members contributions and customized tools, services, products, and training to address disaster risks in Africa. We invite members to contribute their pieces of work to our platform.

Documents and publications

19 May 2022

Why community-based disaster risk reduction fails to learn from local knowledge? Experiences from Malawi

This contributing paper aims to investigate the extent to which community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) in practice really takes into account local knowledge (LK).

Documents and publications

7 April 2022

Brief: Resilience Building and Disaster Response Management in the Indian Ocean

Resilience Building and Disaster Response Management in the Indian Ocean (RDRM-IO) programme, UNDRR component is to improve Disaster Risk Reduction understanding and governance capacities of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles.

Update

30 March 2022

Island States in Africa unite to reinforce DRR through European Union-Indian Ocean Commission Programme

The Resilience Building and Disaster Response Management in the Indian Ocean (RDRM-IO) programme UNDRR component was launched on 22 March 2022.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States

Indian Ocean Commission

European Union

Update

21 March 2022

500 million people live in 19 African nations deemed water-insecure

First-ever assessment of water security in Africa is based on 10 indicator scores; Egypt, Botswana, Gabon, Mauritius and Tunisia deemed Africa’s top five (but modestly) water-secure countries; Somalia, Chad, Niger least water-secure

United Nations University (UNU)

Update

4 March 2022

Italy and partners handover Situation Room to African Union Commission

On 28 February 2022, the official handover ceremony for the Africa Multi-hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (AMHEWAS) Situation Room for Disaster Risk Reduction took place

African Union Commission

Italian Agency for Development Cooperation

CIMA Foundation - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa

Update

2 March 2022

High-Level Italian Delegation visits IGAD Climate Centre Disaster Operations Centre

UNDRR accompanied an Italian delegation led by the Director Mr. Luca Maestripieri from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS).

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa

Italian Agency for Development Cooperation

IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre

Documents and publications

18 February 2022

Niger: Policy coherence between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

In response to the need to support efficient implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Sendai Framework in sub-Saharan Africa, UNDRR is supporting closer engagement of DRR and CCA practices, communities, and institutions.

Documents and publications

18 February 2022

Benin: Policy coherence between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

In response to the need to support efficient implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Sendai Framework in sub-Saharan Africa, UNDRR is supporting closer engagement of DRR and CCA practices, communities, and institutions.