Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction | GAR 2022: Our World at Risk: Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future.

This sixth edition of the United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction – Our World at Risk: Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future comes at a critical time for the future of humanity. The continued threat of climate disruption is intensifying at a disturbing pace in every region, with disproportionate impact on the poor and vulnerable. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic has upended lives around the world. Both crises pose a major threat to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The central question for this Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 (GAR2022) is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. In today’s crowded and interconnected world, disaster impacts increasingly cascade across geographies and sectors, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and climate change are rapidly making clear. GAR2022 explores how, around the world, structures are evolving to better address systemic risks. In the face of accelerating climate change impacts, doing more of the same will not be enough. However, action is possible. This report shows how governance systems can evolve to reflect the interconnected value of people, the planet and prosperity. It outlines how actions such as changing what is measured to account for factors such as sustainability, the value of ecosystems and future climate change impacts can have a powerful effect, including unmasking dangerous imbalances in existing systems. Investment in understanding risk is the foundation for sustainable development. The report also explores how designing systems to work with, not against, the way human minds make decisions can support accelerated action.