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 ...

With chances of further sensational hydropower tunnel rescues dimming, the devastating ice-rock avalanche in August at the ...

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) sent a delegation to Cuba to study the island's disaster ...

The term “Tech for Good” has popped up in national and international conversations. It often exists to counter to complaints and attention drawn to the technology community’s role in a variety of ...

Thank you for the opportunity to address this plenary discussion on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. I appreciate today’s theme, which looks beyond natural ...

Harnessing the collective capabilities of APRU universities for interdisciplinary research in disaster management, students attended talks by the professors from different universities and ...

THE Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has approved a P400 million disaster risk ...

Northern Province Acting Permanent Secretary Beauty Undi-Phiri says the amended Disaster Risk Management Act Number 02 of ...

"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 recent catastrophic disaster in Nepal has once again confronted us with the extraordinary power and complexity of natural processes and extremes.

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 ...