The United Nations system, coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction, has guidelines for nations and municipalities to manage natural hazard risk. Foremost among these, in many ...

A delegation from the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management participated Sunday in the 12th Arab Partnership Meeting ...

It is just over three years since United Nations Member States adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the global plan to reduce disaster losses, which is pivotal to the ...

Preparedness in disaster management helps reduce property losses, including damage to public assets and infrastructure, said ...

NEW YORK, October 20 (IPS) - Climate and environmental challenges are hitting harder and more often, reshaping people’s lives around the world. While disasters touch everyone, their impacts are not ...

"Stop Disasters," an online video game developed by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), teaches young people how to reduce risks linked to flooding, hurricanes and other ...

The human and environmental cost of climate change is all around us, and on the rise. The UN reports about 90% of all disasters are weather-related, and that weather and climate are major drivers of ...

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — The Pampanga Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has approved P371.8 million for ...

AGATON, Bulusan, Crising, Emong, Falcon, Jolina, Kanlaon, Odette, Mayon, Paeng and Taal. Between 2021 and early this year, these names made the front page, but not in a welcome way. They came as ...

Keywords: Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction. Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR). Multihazard approaches. Loss assessment methodologies. Intelligent structures. Lifelines. Disaster ...

NATURAL disasters have caused at least ₱21.69 billion in documented damage across the Philippines so far this year, according to available assessments from major hazard events. The figure underscores ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Finance (DOF), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the European Union (EU) and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group ...