The National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) is evolving from a facilitating and funding entity to a catalytic fund ...

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 ...

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 Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) MIMAROPA has announced that a comprehensive Regional Disaster ...

The climate crisis is upon us, and we are only just beginning to endure the consequences of the neglect we have shown to our planet. Melting ice caps, rising sea levels, the proliferation of extreme ...

New Delhi, December 18 (IANS): The national project for strengthening community-based disaster risk reduction initiatives in ...

WASHINGTON, March 23, 2023 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $160 million loan to strengthen the Costa Rican government’s ability to manage risk resulting from natural ...

The Province of Cebu has strengthened its health and disaster preparedness framework following the approval of an ordinance institutionalizing a functional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Government of Liberia and the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), is taking a major step toward strengthening national ...

As Egypt hosts the first “Arab Regional Forum on Early Warning Systems and Disaster Preparedness,” from 17 to 18 December, the region stands at a defining moment.