Be Tsunami Ready: Invest in Tsunami Preparedness.





The World Tsunami Awareness Day 2025 Campaign is dedicated to advancing tsunami resilience through alignment with the Tsunami Ready Programme, a global initiative aimed at strengthening community resilience through awareness and preparedness strategies.

This campaign seeks to highlight the importance of proactive measures in mitigating tsunami risks, fostering collaboration among all stakeholders – governments, academia, local leaders, and the public to enhance tsunami preparedness.

The theme "Be Tsunami Ready: Invest in Tsunami Preparedness" is to be aligned with the theme of the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, on 13 October, and the theme of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development “Financing Our Future” that happened on 30 June.
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