The World Bank Group, GFDRR recently launched a report titled “Understanding Risk in An Evolving World: Emerging Best Practices in Natural Disaster Risk Assessment” and a Policy Note titled ...

The challenges to mainstreaming disaster and climate resilience in the World Bank’s infrastructure investments in Asia range from technical to institutional, but the pay-offs are clear and Japanese ...

Susann Baez Ullberg is Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Management Research and Training at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden.Jeroen Warner is Associate Professor at Wageningen ...

A collaborative program launched between APRU and Tohoku University to nurture future leaders in advanced disaster risk reduction research HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In 2023, 21% more natural ...

PUBLIC school Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) coordinators, teachers, and learners nationwide are set to ...

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (PIA) – Around 27 media practitioners in Zamboanga Peninsula region participated in the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Media Orientation spearheaded by ...

On 13 October, International Day for Disaster Reduction, HelpAge and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) issued a joint call for greater involvement of older people in ...

BUTUAN CITY (PIA) — In a proactive move to enhance disaster preparedness and public safety communication, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Caraga, in partnership with the Philippine Information ...

BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho National Guard hosted the United States Pacific Command's State Partnership Program Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response Seminar in Boise May 7 to 11. The seminar ...

Natural and man-made disasters have significant social, economic, and environmental impact. In 2015, the United Nations formally recognised, through the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction ...

To address persistent gaps faced by schools in disaster-prone areas, the Department of Education (DepEd) and the University of the Philippines (UP) recently signed a a memorandum of understanding (MOU ...

The 10th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction ended Thursday with the adoption of the Islamabad Declaration, pledging stronger regional cooperation and resilience against disasters.