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G20 DRR Working Group Meetings

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Past meetings

South Africa Presidency - 2025

First meeting of the G20 DRR Working Group in 2025

First Working Group Meeting

The First Disaster Risk Reduction WG Meeting
5 March 2025

Second Working Group Meeting

The Second Disaster Risk Reduction WG Meeting
8-11 April 2025
Kwazulu-Natal, eThekwini Metropolitan

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G20 DRR WG meeting 2 - Group photo

Third Working Group Meeting

The Third Disaster Risk Reduction WG Meeting
7-10 July 2025
Gauteng, City of Johannesburg

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3rd in person WG meeting - G20 DRR WG - Group Shot

Fourth Working Group and Ministerial Meeting

The Fourth Disaster Risk Reduction WG Meeting
8-13 October 2025
Western Cape, City of Cape Town

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G20 Side Events

Meetings and conferences
Johannesburg  
In person
G20 Leaders' Summit - Side event: From risk to resilience: scaling up investment in disaster risk reduction 
This high-level event, co-organized with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), provided a platform to advance the implementation of the High-Level Principles for Investing in DRR.
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Geneva
In person
Global Platform G20 Side Event
This roundtable supported the Government of South Africa in communicating the progress on the priorities and deliverables under the 2025 Presidency of the G20 DRR Working Group.
Meetings and conferences
Online
G20 Virtual Side Event - Resilient Infrastructure
Most of the infrastructure that will be required by 2050 is yet to be built. This necessity to build credible, strategic, and critical infrastructure systems is juxtaposed with rising climate and disaster risks.
Meetings and conferences
Online
G20 Virtual Side Event - Cell Technology for Early Warning Systems
G20 Virtual Side Event - Cell Technology for Early Warning Systems
Meetings and conferences
Online
G20 Virtual Side Event - Addressing inequalities and reducing vulnerabilities
G20 Virtual Side Event - Addressing inequalities and reducing vulnerabilities

Brazil Presidency - 2024

Chair

First Working Group Meeting

The First Disaster Risk Reduction WG Meeting was held on 27 to 28 February 2024.

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Mountain at sunset, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Second Working Group Meeting

The Second Disaster Risk Reduction WG Meeting was held on 29-30 July 2024 (in-person, Rio de Janeiro).
WG Technical Sessions 26-27 July 2024 (in-person, Rio de Janeiro).

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Third Working Group and Ministerial Meeting

The Third Disaster Risk Reduction WG Meeting was held on 30-31 October (in-person, Belém).
Ministerial Meeting 1 November 2024 (in-person, Belém)

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India Presidency - 2023