In his keynote address, Dr. Mishra commended South Africa’s presidency for promoting a spirit of partnership and elevating African perspectives in the global DRR agenda. Disaster risk reduction is not ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University showed that agricultural land preserved around river confluences can help mitigate floods. They make a case for Eco-DRR, an approach that ...

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 ...

In photo, the Swiss Ambassador to the Philippines, His Excellency Ambassador Nicolas Brühl briefly discusses the upcoming Global Multi-Stakeholder Forum to be held in Geneva, Switzerland in June 2025.

The next frontier for disaster risk reduction: Tackling disasters in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, Oct. 1, 2017, pp. 16-31 (16 pages) ...

MANILA, (PIA) — Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga and His Excellency Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster ...

Geography and its ecosystems uniquely shape the connections and boundaries that define regions. While society may seek to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dale Dominey-Howes receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Global Resilience Partnership and State and Federal disaster management sources. A growing body of post-disaster research ...

An alternative approach is Eco-DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction), an approach that seeks to use existing environmental resources, especially agricultural land, to reduce risk. Agriculture is important for ...