The term “Tech for Good” has popped up in national and international conversations. It often exists to counter to complaints and attention drawn to the technology community’s role in a variety of ...

Abra has enhanced coordination and implementation of disaster management programs and services during the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Council (PDRRM ...

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 ...

The Baguio City government and the Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF) signed over the weekend a memorandum of agreement to strengthen climate action, community resilience, and ...

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 ...

Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the ...

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 ...

Natural and man-made disasters have significant social, economic, and environmental impact. In 2015, the United Nations formally recognised, through the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction ...

Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honored to participate in this important National Conference on Disaster Risk Management. First of all, I would like to acknowledge and congratulate ...

The assistance intended for communities affected by the twin calamities late last year may be further delayed, according to the Executive Department, as the proposed P518.2-million Disaster Risk ...

The Government of Armenia has recognized the importance of disaster risk management, highlighting that natural hazards threaten the country’s development. In this regard, the World Bank Group is ...