Embedding disaster resiliency terms into catastrophe bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS) products could ...

Big donors have shown up in the wake of highly publicized natural disasters but funding for risk reduction needs a boost.

With Sindh facing escalating climate disasters, government officials, scientists, and humanitarian organizations Monday ...

The 2024 Regional Assessment Report on Disaster Risk in Latin America and the Caribbean (RAR24), published by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), reveals a troubling ...

Executive Committee Chairman Hans Sy reaffirmed the vital role of the private sector in disaster risk reduction (DRR) during ...

MANILA, Philippines — Artificial intelligence has the potential to enhance disaster risk reduction efforts, especially for countries heavily impacted by natural hazards, global experts said. At ...

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted in 2015, encourages nations to shift their focus from managing disasters to preventing them. But policies like these often remain distant ...

GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — The head of disaster risk reduction at the United Nations (UN), Kamal Kishore, says he is pleased that Caribbean and countries in the Americas are taking seriously ...

Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra was awarded the United Nations Sasakawa Award 2025 for Disaster Risk Reduction on Friday.

Together with the World Health Organization Sasakawa Health Prize and the UN Environment Programme Sasakawa Environment Prize, the United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction is one of ...