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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  1. Know and understand
  2. Explore
  3. Develop and grow
  4. Connect
  5. Share and publish
  6. Stay informed
  7. Site traffic
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PreventionWeb's scope

PreventionWeb's knowledge library covers disaster risk reduction (DRR), disaster risk management (DRM), climate change adaptation (CCA), and disaster resilience.

The curated content includes replicable or scalable DRM projects and initiatives, enhances catastrophe risk understanding, showcases efforts to meet the Sendai Framework targets, and promotes DRR advocacy. Disaster response, relief and emergency management are covered as long as they are relevant to disaster preparedness.

PreventionWeb's key aims is to openly share intelligible knowledge and information about the nature of disaster risk, connect professionals, practitioners, researchers, and policymakers on the basis of that knowledge, and provide resources useful to evolve in the realms of civil protection, disaster risk management, emergency management, resilience and climate change adaptation.

Know and understand

PreventionWeb offers a knowledge base as well as valuable insights on preventing disasters.

Knowledge base
Daily updates to a global knowledge base with more than 75,000 entries.
Understanding risk
An introduction to disaster risk reduction, key concepts and trends in DRR.
Terminologies
Definitions of key concepts in disaster risk reduction.
Implementing the Sendai Framework
What is the Sendai Framework?
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.

Themes in DRR
DRR-related themes and issues are wide and cross-cutting.
Hazards
Hazards cause health impacts, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation.
Learning from past disasters
Explore the lessons learned from past disasters, what were the risk drivers, impacts and efforts towards building back better.
Blogs from DRR Voices
Stories and perspectives from DRR practitioners and academics on reducing risk and building resilience.
Words into Action
Words into Action
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.

Training
Workshops and webinars available on-demand or as scheduled learning.
Academic programmes
A global catalogue of academic programmes by nationally accredited institutions.

Connect

Engage with the DRR community.

Event calendar
DRR meetings and conferences related to disaster risk communication, sustainability, resilience, recovery and beyond.
Online workspaces
Free workspaces and mailing groups for disaster risk reduction communities.

DRR Voices Blog
Advocate for DRR
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.

Stay informed

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Recent site developments

Take a look at the latest updates we made on features and improvements designed to enhance your experience on PreventionWeb:

  • "What you can do on PW" page: This page gives you an overview of PreventionWeb services and site traffic data.
  • 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.
  • 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. Explore the latest hub which can assist you in developing a disaster risk communication plan.
  • New images and social cards have been designed to illustrate our key services and sections.
  • Disaster risk solutions: This is a catalogue of evidence-based practices to reduce disaster risk.
  • Podcasts on disaster resilience: This is PreventionWeb's curated guide to the most insightful podcasts on disaster risk reduction and resilience.
  • PreventionWeb on LinkedIn: Stay up to date with the latest news, research, and jobs related to disaster risk reduction.
  • Keeping up with the trends, we have created two new collections on space weather and stampede risks.

Site traffic and publishing information

  • 160,000 visitors each month
  • 7,500 visits per day on average
  • 83,500 pieces of content in the knowledge base
  • 340 entries published each month
    • 200 News articles
    • 110 Publications
    • 30 Events
  • 10,000 subscribers to the mailing list

2024 Publishing summary

  • 2,450 News (including 617 Research briefs)
  • 1,300 Documents & publications
  • 33 Blogs

Data from 1 January - 31 December 2024

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