International Day for Disaster Reduction – 13 October

The United Nations International Day for Disaster Reduction is held each year on 13 October since 1989. The Day celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risks that they face.

The theme of the 2021 International Day for Disaster Reduction is “International cooperation for developing countries to reduce their disaster risk and disaster losses”.