The United Nations system, coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction, has guidelines for nations and municipalities to manage natural hazard risk. Foremost among these, in many ...

Susann Baez Ullberg is Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Management Research and Training at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden.Jeroen Warner is Associate Professor at Wageningen ...

PAKISTAN is learning, year after year, what it means to live on the front lines of the climate crisis. Floods and droughts ...

In this undated photo provided Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a construction site in Taechong-ri, North Korea, in a recovery effort ...

A UN official has praised China's approach to disaster risk reduction and resilience-building, describing it as strongly "people-centered" and offering valuable lessons for global efforts.

"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 ...

In Colombia, World Bank support helped extend social protection to approximately 340,000 households and supported the incorporation of disaster risk management into new construction, renovation, or ...

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is urging countries to embed ecosystem protection into disaster risk strategies, citing its importance for climate resilience and human well-being. The policy ...

New World Bank report shows how gender inequalities drive disaster impacts and vice versa. The report is a tool for those seeking to improve policies and interventions by considering gender as part of ...

Integrating VSL into Pakistan’s policy framework could fundamentally reshape how investments are prioritised. In climate ...