Disaster Risk Reduction: 2025 Key Achievements

In 2025, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) continued to support governments, communities, migrants and displaced populations to better anticipate, withstand and recover from disasters and climate-related hazards. Through community-based preparedness, early warning systems, risk-informed planning, anticipatory action and mobilitysensitive approaches to recovery and resilience, IOM advanced the Sendai Framework and worked to prevent and reduce displacement, even as disasters become more frequent. IOM conducted DRR interventions in 39 countries across Africa, Asia Latin America, the Middle East and the Pacific, representing a portfolio of USD 133.9 million. These operations strengthened disaster preparedness, early warning systems, disaster resilient infrastructure and livelihoods, water security and disaster risk governance, while promoting locally led resilience-building and risk-informed development. In collaboration with relevant organizational and government entities, they contributed to supporting Member States' progress towards the objectives of the Sendai Framework. The three largest operations were implemented in South Sudan, Somalia and Pakistan. In South Sudan, IOM action directly reached 394,439 people, including 188,864 women. The operation was mainly dedicated to addressing the adverse impacts of seasonal floodings, including through the construction of a primary dyke and the stabilization of critical evacuation routes to ensure safe and reliable access during flood events. In Somalia, IOM’s DRR interventions directly reached 313,579 people through resilience-building and risk reduction activities, while in Pakistan, IOM directly reached 246,600 people by improving humanitarian assistance for disasterdisplaced populations and strengthening climate resilience in hazard-prone communities. Together, these three operations accounted for approximately 67 per cent of IOM’s total reported direct reach through DRR action. This reflects IOM’s focu