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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2023

Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2023

Mapping Resilience for the Sustainable Development Goals

Series: Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR)
( Print: December 2023, PDF: September 2023 )

Global warming will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels during the next decade, due to greenhouse gas emissions. The constant rise in temperatures and related impacts combine with other...

Global warming will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels during the next decade, due to greenhouse gas emissions. The constant rise in temperatures and related impacts combine with other...


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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2021

Special Report on Drought

Series: Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR)
( Print: July 2021, PDF: August 2021 )

Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive...

Droughts have deep, widespread and underestimated impacts on societies, ecosystems, and economies. They incur costs that are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. The extensive...


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Gender-responsive and Disability-Inclusive Early Warning and Early Action in the Pacific Region

Gender-responsive and Disability-Inclusive Early Warning and Early Action in the Pacific Region

Findings and Recommendations for Future Action

( PDF: September 2023 )

The report explores the barriers, challenges and opportunities to strengthening gender-responsive and disability-inclusive early warning early action in the Pacific, focusing on existing policies...

The report explores the barriers, challenges and opportunities to strengthening gender-responsive and disability-inclusive early warning early action in the Pacific, focusing on existing policies...


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2023 Global Survey Report on Persons with Disabilities and Disasters

2023 Global Survey Report on Persons with Disabilities and Disasters

( PDF: October 2023 )

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 recognizes persons with disabilities as contributing stakeholders, emphasizing the need for inclusion in all DRR policies and practices. To...

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 recognizes persons with disabilities as contributing stakeholders, emphasizing the need for inclusion in all DRR policies and practices. To...


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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019

Series: Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR)
( Print: July 2019, PDF: June 2019 )

This report is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private risk-related science and research experts, amongst others. It contributes to achieving the Sendai Framework for Disaster...

This report is the product of the contributions of nations, public and private risk-related science and research experts, amongst others. It contributes to achieving the Sendai Framework for Disaster...


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Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022

Our World at Risk: Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future

Series: Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR)
( Print: May 2022, PDF: May 2022 )

The central question for this year's report is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. In today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts...

The central question for this year's report is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. In today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts...


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Climate Change 2007

The Physical Science Basis

( Print: November 2007 )

Representing the first major global assessment of climate change science in six years, “Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basic” issued by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

Representing the first major global assessment of climate change science in six years, “Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basic” issued by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...


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Climate Change 2007

Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

( Print: February 2008 )

This IPCC Working Group II volume provides a completely up-to-date scientific assessment of the impacts of climate change, the vulnerability of natural and human environments, and the potential for...

This IPCC Working Group II volume provides a completely up-to-date scientific assessment of the impacts of climate change, the vulnerability of natural and human environments, and the potential for...


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Climate Change 2007

Mitigation of Climate Change

( Print: January 2008 )

The third volume of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides an in-depth analysis of the costs and benefits of different approaches to mitigating...

The third volume of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides an in-depth analysis of the costs and benefits of different approaches to mitigating...


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Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation

( Print: November 2011 )

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change and its potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Its report...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change and its potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts. Its report...


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Human Cost of Disasters

An Overview of the Last 20 Years 2000-2019

( PDF: November 2020 )

The last twenty years has seen the number of major floods more than double, from 1,389 to 3,254, while the incidence of storms grew from 1,457 to 2,034. Floods and storms were the most prevalent...

The last twenty years has seen the number of major floods more than double, from 1,389 to 3,254, while the incidence of storms grew from 1,457 to 2,034. Floods and storms were the most prevalent...