The COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's war on Ukraine, geopolitical tensions, climate change and other events highlight our growing ...

It shows how decisions on urban planning and low-carbon economic restructuring have increased flash flood risk. The analysis highlights the importance of considering climate disaster risk and ...

Recent incidents of floods in North East India and cloudburst in Sikkim have resulted in loss of human lives, damage to houses, roads and other infrastructure. It has disrupted normal life and has ...

In 2015, governments around the world agreed on a new global framework to reduce the impact of disasters. Ten years on, it's time to take stock of what’s changed, what’s worked, and what must happen ...

Nature-based solutions to disaster risk from climate change are cost effective. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 07 / 240716151252.htm ...

The evening was moderated by Hannah Perls (JD ’20), Senior Staff Attorney at Harvard's EELP and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, whose work focuses on equitable disaster preparedness and federal ...

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

Findings and recommendations from a national and local capacity assessment conducted in 2022 to evaluate the country’s risk management capabilities were presented on August 13, 2024, in Accra.

In the U.S., disaster-related average annual losses reach $112 billion. Yet, despite these risks, investment in prevention remains critically low.