The goal here would be that this would be an entity that, if priced correctly, would be budget neutral," said Prof. Ben Collier.

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 ...

Costa Rica has significantly strengthened its institutional and legal framework for disaster risk management (DRM) and has further anchored and mainstreamed DRM into National Development and ...

Washington D.C., December 11, 2019 – The World Bank today approved a US$275 million Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Loan for Morocco that contains a Deferred Drawdown Option for ...

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

Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the ...

Disaster and risk are threats to World Heritage sites. The increasing impact of disasters in Africa and their growing complexity is a great concern for site managers, heritage professionals, and ...

Torrential rainfall, severe thunderstorms, damaging winds and snowfall have lashed large parts of the province.

The Council of Ministers has approved a regulation establishing the Ethiopian Fire and Other Rapid Onset Disasters Service.

In this undated photo provided Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a construction site in Taechong-ri, North Korea, in a recovery effort ...

SAWS partners with Santam to enhance disaster risk management The South African Weather Service (SAWS) and Santam have announced a partnership to strengthen the country’s early warning and forecasting ...