ULAANBAATAR: On January 14, the government approved the newly developed "National Plan for Prevention and Rescue of ...

Ecuador has taken important steps to increase its resilience to disasters, climate change, and macroeconomic shocks through the World Bank-financed Ecuador Risk Mitigation and Emergency Recovery ...

Under the umbrella of the Disaster Risk Reduction Programme in Somalia, the UNDRR ROAS organized a National Training Workshop on the Sendai Framework Monitor, in collaboration with the Ministry of ...

THE Emergency Events Database showed 21 percent more natural disasters were recorded in 2023 than in 2013 resultingin 86,743 fatalities. Based on this data, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities ...

In order to bolster disaster risk reduction at the village level, a High-Level Committee (HLC) under Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s chairmanship approved Rs 507.37 crore on Tuesday for a national ...

As the world marks the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on October 13, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the U.S Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) ...

World Bank Tokyo Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Hub: Ready to Rebuild Video Series The R2R Program is jointly developed and implemented by the World Bank and the Philippine government through 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 ...

With World Bank support, Morocco has made significant strides since 2008 in strengthening its disaster and climate resilience. This has included gradual transition from a post-disaster approach ...

Follow us KARACHI: Advisor to the Chief Minister Sindh on Rehabilitation, Gianchand Israni revealed that Sindh is going to establish a Disaster Risk Reduction Wing. The establishment of a Disaster ...