Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
🌍 In a world where climate change, conflict, and displacement collide, millions are being pushed to the edge. But amidst crisis, resilience is rising.
This video brings together three powerful stories of people facing disaster head-on — and leading the way toward a more just, sustainable future:
💧 Somali asylum-seekers in Kenya finding hope through anticipatory action and drought resilience.
🌱 The Yukpa Indigenous people in Colombia reviving ancestral knowledge to protect their land and rivers.
🌊 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh building preparedness and community-driven response to cyclones and floods.
These stories show that disaster risk reduction is more than a technical solution — it's about people, dignity, and the power of locally-led action.
🤝 Resilience in complex settings means breaking down silos and bridging humanitarian, development, and peace efforts.
🌿 It means working with nature, not against it.
📢 And it means empowering the communities who live at the frontlines of risk.
We cannot afford to wait. Together, we can reduce risk, restore hope, and build a future that leaves no one behind.
Every Day Counts, Act for Resilience Today.
#GP2025 #ActForResilienceToday
Visit the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025: globalplatform.undrr.org
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About UNDRR:
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has a big ambition: to help decision-makers across the globe better understand and act on risk. At UNDRR, we believe there is no such thing as a natural disaster. A natural hazard, such as a hurricane, earthquake, tsunami, or flood, only becomes a disaster when it impacts a community that is not adequately protected and whose population is vulnerable as a result of poverty, exclusion, or social disadvantage. We envision a world where disasters no longer threaten the well-being of people and the future of the planet. Sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda cannot be achieved without working towards the goal of building resilience.
Learn more about UNDRR: undrr.org
Learn more about disaster risk reduction: preventionweb.net
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🌍 In a world where climate change, conflict, and displacement collide, millions are being pushed to the edge. But amidst crisis, resilience is rising.
This video brings together three powerful stories of people facing disaster head-on — and leading the way toward a more just, sustainable future:
💧 Somali asylum-seekers in Kenya finding hope through anticipatory action and drought resilience.
🌱 The Yukpa Indigenous people in Colombia reviving ancestral knowledge to protect their land and rivers.
🌊 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh building preparedness and community-driven response to cyclones and floods.
These stories show that disaster risk reduction is more than a technical solution — it's about people, dignity, and the power of locally-led action.
🤝 Resilience in complex settings means breaking down silos and bridging humanitarian, development, and peace efforts.
🌿 It means working with nature, not against it.
📢 And it means empowering the communities who live at the frontlines of risk.
We cannot afford to wait. Together, we can reduce risk, restore hope, and build a future that leaves no one behind.
Every Day Counts, Act for Resilience Today.
#GP2025 #ActForResilienceToday
Visit the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025: globalplatform.undrr.org
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Subscribe to UNDRR on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCUw0G3AdE_0EDhcDPlJtJyA?sub_confirmation=1
Captions: Where possible we provide additional captions to make our videos more accessible to those who use assistive technology, such as screen readers. If you don't require the captions they can be toggled off using the CC button, usually at the bottom of the video display.
About UNDRR:
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has a big ambition: to help decision-makers across the globe better understand and act on risk. At UNDRR, we believe there is no such thing as a natural disaster. A natural hazard, such as a hurricane, earthquake, tsunami, or flood, only becomes a disaster when it impacts a community that is not adequately protected and whose population is vulnerable as a result of poverty, exclusion, or social disadvantage. We envision a world where disasters no longer threaten the well-being of people and the future of the planet. Sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda cannot be achieved without working towards the goal of building resilience.
Learn more about UNDRR: undrr.org
Learn more about disaster risk reduction: preventionweb.net
Sign up for updates: undrr.org/subscribe-undrr-updates
Follow:
linkedin.com/company/undrr
twitter.com/UNDRR
facebook.com/unisdr
