This International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, let’s get prepared with risk reduction and management products from Japan and Kochi Prefecture! TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To mark October 13, ...

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 ...

We’re launching the first Disaster Risk and Age Index at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, 14-18 March. The Index ranks 190 countries across the world on the disaster ...

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 ...

Thank you for the opportunity to address this plenary discussion on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. I appreciate today’s theme, which looks beyond natural ...

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 ...

The world is changing rapidly. Global warming has seen a rise in temperature of about 0.8°C in the past century, leading to greater environmental and climatic risks. This is a threat to life and ...

THE Emergency Events Database showed 21 percent more natural disasters were recorded in 2023 than in 2013 resultingin 86,743 fatalities. Based on this data, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities ...

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 ...