Madhya Pradesh has taken a significant step towards making disaster management more inclusive and people-centric by ...

Canada has experienced an unprecedented wildfire season in 2023. People's experiences with any disaster event are influenced by social- and place-based vulnerabilities. For example, where you live ...

Women and the Government of Japan launch new initiative to strengthen gender-responsive disaster preparedness in Tanzania ...

Redoubling Action Toward Disaster Resilience aims to strengthen disaster resilience in its developing member countries amid ...

Natural disasters can significantly strain budgets and impact livelihoods. In 2023 alone, they led to $250 billion in financial damages and the loss of 74,000 lives. Insurance, alongside risk-layered ...

A worker in Thailand clears a road after a major flood. Disasters can threaten the infrastrucutre, investment climate, and human capital that jobs depend on. Photo credit: Adobe Stock At the World ...

"Stop Disasters," an online video game developed by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), teaches young people how to reduce risks linked to flooding, hurricanes and other ...

Japan, despite having high exposure to various risks, has developed highly effective disaster reduction practices. These policy-driven strategies focus on community involvement and continuous ...

Disaster risk is now a material economic risk that can disrupt supply chains, damage assets, reduce labour productivity, ...

Canada has experienced an unprecedented wildfire season in 2023. People’s experiences with any disaster event are influenced by social- and place-based vulnerabilities. For example, where you live ...