Whether it's flooding in Toronto or forest fires raging in Alberta and Manitoba, climate change is pushing natural disasters ...

The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, held each year on 13 October, celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to natural hazards. Although it is ...

DAGUPAN CITY (PIA) – The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of Bolinao, Pangasinan will ...

Emergency managers have become the nation’s de facto problem solvers — but are now running on empty, writes former FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor. And that’s a problem.

Disasters have posed significant economic costs to Bangladesh, and financing needs associated with disaster response are estimated to be substantial. Bangladesh has put in place fiscal mechanisms, ...

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 ...

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

This so-called manufactured risk is the result of industrial processes that prioritize efficiency and perpetual economic growth in weak regulatory contexts. There is increasing evidence that disaster ...

Wednesday’s meeting of the National Disaster Risk Management Council left us with the impression that the country’s leaders have fully embraced the Scouting motto: “Be Prepared”. Mr ...

This puts Americans at risk Opinion by Pete Gaynor 7 minute read Published 8:27 AM EDT, Thu July 4, 2024 Link Copied ... When one disaster or crisis appears to be over, ...