Many countries - from Armenia to Vietnam - are making the right noises about reducing disaster risk, including involving marginalised communities in debates on the topic. October 13 is the UN ...

It is just over three years since United Nations Member States adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the global plan to reduce disaster losses, which is pivotal to the ...

During the past decade, the world has witnessed an increase in the number of major disasters, such as the Asian tsunami in 2004, the Haitian earthquake in 2010, the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 ...

The IAEA has an important mandate and is engaged in a broad array of activities on issues of disaster risk reduction as this relates to the many peaceful applications of atomic energy, said IAEA Legal ...

Incheon, Republic of Korea - UNITAR and its International Training Centre for Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) Jeju are ...

Located on the Ring of Fire, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters, particularly earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. YT Haryono/Reuters The United Nations’ Sendai Framework for disaster ...

The United Nations has endorsed a new global statistical framework for disaster-related statistics to help countries better understand and reduce growing disaster risks. The Global Disaster-Related ...

Even in its current state of pandemic-induced isolation, North Korea continues to engage the international community on climate adaption and disaster risk reduction. In this undated photo provided ...

Recognizing that disaster risk management (DRM) plays a pivotal role in the country’s sustainable development, the Government of Armenia was one of the first countries in the region, to initiate a ...

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro (PIA) – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) MIMAROPA has announced that a comprehensive Regional Disaster Preparedness (RDP) Framework is ...