The Global Platform Pulse: Thursday's threads
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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Photo of the day
You can find the photos from the GP 2025 official photographers here, updated throughout the day. Please share them on your channels – but make sure you credit the photographers (just like we do!).
Hard at work on Wednesday
The first full day of the GP 2025 official programme included a ministerial roundtable on financing for DRR: multistakeholder plenaries on regional progress and on leaving no one behind; several thematic sessions; a special event on Africa; and a side event on disasters and displacement.
Get a detailed summary of the events, sessions and highlights, provided by IISD Earth Negotiations Bulletin:
Priority actions for resilient recovery readiness
At the World Resilient Recovery Conference, leaders launched the Priority Actions to Enhance Readiness for Resilient Recovery – to accelerate implementation of Priority Action 4 of the Sendai Framework: Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
Updated information about 282 hazards
UNDRR and the International Science Council have launched a new edition of their comprehensive hazard guide The Hazard Information Profiles now cover 282 hazards—from wildfires to cyberattacks. Reflecting today's complex and interconnected risks, the updated guide emphasises a multi-hazard approach, which is essential for early warnings, emergency planning, and resilience.
... and the 2025 RISK Award winner is....!
The day's programme wrapped up with an award ceremony: and we congratulate ChildFund Bolivia on winning the 2025 RISK Award! Their project helps wildfire-prone Indigenous communities keep schools open and resilient during climate emergencies. The initiative empowers children and teachers to lead local disaster preparedness, combining Indigenous knowledge with tech tools. The UNDRR and Munich Re award is given every two years, providing up to €100,000 to support innovative risk reduction and disaster management projects.
Keeping up the momentum on Thursday
The schedule for the second day of the official programme is packed full! There's a a high-level dialogue on scaling DRR financing; a special event on extreme heat risk governance; plus side events on school safety; on DRR and climate adaptation; and on nature-based solutions. Plus, of course, a full programme of thematic sessions, multi-stakeholder plenaries, and learning labs. At the end of the day, catch the Sasakawa Award ceremony at 18:15.
Find the full programme with exact times, locations – and links for live webcast sessions – in the online agenda:
Explore the floor!
The action is happening in Level 0 at GP 2025. Don't miss UNDRR's travelling art exhibition – which has infused culture and emotional impact in events around the world, from Sendai to New York, Paris to Manilla. Find the art as you enter, just past the security check.
Then we have the Innovation Hub, where the DRR partners and players are excited to demonstrate how their smart ideas and hard work are helping to make the world a safer place. At the Ignite Stage we have a busy schedule of 15-minute presentations to inspire you with the latest research and experiences from the frontlines of resilience building.
Put the Gender Pledge in your GP agenda!
Have you committed to making gender inclusion a reality everywhere where you work and live? Pin your true colours to the Gender Pledge Wall (Espace Ruth Dreifuss on level 0) and make your pledge for equitable and inclusive disaster risk reduction.
Not at the venue? Not a problem: you can also make your mark on the virtual Pledge Wall!
Do you know the REAL cost of disasters?
The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to $180–200 billion.
But the real cost is far higher. Disaster costs now exceed over $2.3 trillion annually when cascading and ecosystem costs are taken into account. The Global Assessment Report (GAR) 2025: Resilience Pays: Financing and Investing for our Future explains how smarter investment can re-set the destructive cycle of disasters, debt, un-insurability and humanitarian need that threatens a climate-changed world.
Be a GP influencer!
Share your GP experience and insights: take the GP2025 message to your virtual community using our participants' templates to create a card, a carousel or a short video to share your learnings, make a commitment, and spread your influence.
This is how UCL Warning Research Centre put out the alert about their Ignite Stage presentation.
Stay tuned for more updates!