INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND MECHANISMS

The International Recovery Platform (IRP) is a global partnership working to strengthen knowledge and share experiences and lessons on building back better in recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. It is a joint initiative of United Nations organizations, international financial institutions, national and local governments, and non-governmental organizations engaged in disaster recovery, and seeking to transform disasters into opportunities for sustainable development. IRP supports progress against Priority 4 of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.

NATO recognises that it faces many environmental challenges, particularly due to the risks posed by climate change, and has been acting on these challenges for many years. Key milestones in the last few years include its Climate Change and Security Action Plan (2021), the accreditation of the NATO Centre of Excellence (COE) for Climate Change and Security in Montreal, Canada (2024) and the third edition of its Climate Change & Security Impact Assessment - The NATO Secretary General's report (2024).

The CCASCOE supports the efforts of NATO Allies and partners to adapt to the implications of climate change on their security and mitigate their own impact on climate change while strengthening operational effectiveness.

The Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) is NATO’s principal civil emergency response mechanism in the Euro-Atlantic area. It is active all year round, operational on a 24/7 basis, and involves all NATO Allies and partner countries. The Centre functions as a clearing-house system for coordinating both requests for and offers of assistance mainly in case of natural and man-made disasters.

The project “Strengthening Responses to Security Risks from Climate Change in South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia” aims to reduce climate change-related security risks in the four project regions by raising awareness, developing capacities, and sharing knowledge within and among the project regions. It also aims to do so through the implementation of climate change adaptation measures in the geographic areas that are most vulnerable to climate change.

UNDRR is a member of Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR), a global advocate for increasing investments in ecosystem-based approaches to reducing disaster- and climate risks. Formally established in 2008, PEDRR is a global alliance of UN agencies, NGOs and specialist institutes, acting as the clearinghouse for knowledge, training, advocacy and practice on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR).

REAP was launched at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019 and brings together a wide range of partners across the climate, humanitarian, and development communities with the aim of making 1 billion people safer from disaster by 2025.

The Sendai Framework aims to achieve the substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries over the next 15 years.

Established in 2018 as a joint initiative between the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), then joined by the UN Department of Peace Operations (DPO), the Climate Security Mechanism (CSM) seeks to help the UN system address climate-related security risks more systematically.

The Agenda 2030 provides a common framework for both humanitarian and development actors to work together with the objective to successfully address the needs of the most vulnerable and at-risk populations, leaving no one behind. There is a consensus around the importance to confront risk and to focus on resilience to achieve the Agenda 2030.

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR convenes partners and coordinates activities to create safer, more resilient communities. Its mission is to provide leadership and support to accelerate global efforts in disaster risk reduction to achieve inclusive sustainable development and the goal of the Sendai Framework.

The OCHA supports humanitarian organizations to respond effectively to the needs of people caught in crises, to understand and analyse their needs, and to mobilize international assistance. We provide tools and services to help humanitarian organizations ensure that no one affected by a crisis is left behind.