Key publications on disaster risk
Key publications on disaster risk
A selection of reference publications on disaster and climate risks.
Latest Global Assessment Report
GAR Special Report 2023: Mapping resilience for the Sustainable Development Goals
This report explores what risk-informed sustainable development looks like in an increasingly complex and risky world, highlighting how resilience-building must be central to the framing of a more risk-informed post-2030 agenda.
The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is the flagship report of the United Nations on worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risk. The GAR has been published every two years since 2009 by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and is distilled from public and private disaster risk-related science and research.
Disaster losses & statistics resources
While absolute economic losses are concentrated in high-income countries, the human cost of disasters falls overwhelmingly on low and middle-income countries.
Take a look at disaster statistics reports, disaster loss data sources, and resources on how to collect disaster loss data.
Other useful reports
How to report on disasters
View our selection of resources and guidance produced by the DRR community for the media.