Globally, floods are the most frequent and damaging among natural hazards. Between 1998-2017, floods led to economic damages exceeding US$600 billion, affected more than 2 billion people, and resulted ...

The countries of the Central American region and the Dominican Republic are highly vulnerable and exposed to all types of natural hazards, which have intensified due to the effects of climate change.

When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as ...

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 ...

The Morocco Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Program has helped strengthen Morocco’s disaster and climate resilience by promoting the development of a national Disaster Risk ...

ISWA manual shows that disasters and conflicts in West Asia generate vast amounts of hazardous and mixed waste that, if poorly managed, quickly become a second crisis threatening health, the ...

Professor Lee Miles received funding from the UK's Global Research Challenges Fund (GCRF) under the auspices of Driving African Capacity-Building in Disaster Management (AFRICAB) Research Project, ...

On 6 November 2025, the course “Disaster Risk Management in Institutions Safeguarding Cultural Property” was held — an intensive training session that brought together professionals from libraries, ...

Over 1,500 experts, officials, and academics from global sectors expected to attend Add as a preferred source on Google Abu Dhabi to lead Global Disaster Resilience Talks in 2026 WAM Abu Dhabi: The ...

This year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, which was observed on 13 October 2022, focused on the objective to “Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard ...

Members of the Cordillera Philippine Youth Development Plan Regional Inter-agency Committee discuss the resolution urging the creation of a youth task force for disaster risk reduction and management ...