A collaborative program launched between APRU and Tohoku University to nurture future leaders in advanced disaster risk reduction research HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In 2023, 21% more natural ...

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 ...

Building on the progress achieved through previous Bank-financed projects, the Second Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Loan with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO II) project ...

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 ...

The benefits of integrating disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) have been emphasized in the literature for year snow, and practitioners are increasingly realizing how ...

A series of MAPA–TANAW Barangay Information Sessions for groups of Barangay Local Government Unit (BLGU) officials. (Photo: Catbalogan CDRRMO) In Catbalogan City, science and technology can help ...

Mami Mizutori is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. 13 October 2021 The timing could not ...

The Local Government Unit (LGU) of San Isidro, Northern Samar, has pioneered a bold new approach to disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) in partnership with Climate Survival Solutions ...

"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 ...

Between 2012 and 2020, in response to the 2010 Earthquake and Hurricane Matthew, Haiti strengthened its national and local disaster risk management capacity and made investments to improve the ...