Over the past 20 years, disasters have affected billions of people, caused USD$ trillions of damage, and killed millions of people. Disasters have affected people living in developing countries and, in particular, the most vulnerable communities within these countries.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) plays a crucial role in accelerating global efforts towards disaster risk reduction to achieve inclusive sustainable development. As the lead agency within the United Nations system for coordinating disaster risk reduction, UNDRR offers an e-learning course titled "Risk Assessment for National Planning Processes".

Conducting risk analysis during strategic planning exercises a) expands humanitarian focus from acute and urgent needs to chronic vulnerabilities and exposure to future risks, stress, and shocks, and b) helps integrate reduction of extreme vulnerability into planning to facilitate recovery, and therefore aims at preventing new and reducing existing risk, all of which contributes decrease future

La adopción de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en 2015 representa un compromiso renovado en alianza mundial para combatir los desafíos persistentes que enfrenta la humanidad. Esto involucra a países desarrollados y en desarrollo por igual.

The conflict series is an open, self-paced course meant to provide an introduction to conflict studies and more advanced courses in conflictology.

The conflict series is an open, self-paced course meant to provide an introduction to conflict studies and more advanced courses in conflictology.

The conflict series is an open, self-paced course meant to provide an introduction to conflict studies and more advanced courses in conflictology.

Le 9 décembre 2015, le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies a adopté à l'unanimité sa toute première résolution sur la jeunesse, la paix et la sécurité (RCSNU 2250), reconnaissant ainsi l'importance des contributions positives que les jeunes apportent au maintien et à la promotion de la paix et de la sécurité internationales.

Question du genre est un cours ouvert et autoguidé que les apprenants peuvent suivre à leur rythme. Ce cours a pour objectif d’introduire la notion de genre à travers différentes perspectives théoriques. En plus d’un aperçu théorique, des exemples de la vie quotidienne seront abordés pour illustrer le fait que les genres sont partout.