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 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 Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) have released a new framework to help local governments, fire services and ...

GENEVA, July 15-- The United Nations Office at Geneva issued the following news release: The First Session of the Preparatory Committee of the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk ...

The United Nations has endorsed a new global statistical framework for disaster-related statistics to help countries better ...

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 ...

Many countries - from Armenia to Vietnam - are making the right noises about reducing disaster risk, including involving marginalised communities in debates on the topic. October 13 is the UN ...

The National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) is evolving from a facilitating and funding entity to a catalytic fund leading on disaster risk reduction measures and climate resilience paradigm in ...

According to him, the Sendai Framework, which was adopted in 2015, represents a landmark internal agreement to chart the course for global disaster risk reduction efforts. The Director-General, ...

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro (PIA) – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) MIMAROPA has announced that a comprehensive Regional Disaster Preparedness (RDP) Framework is ...

In a commendation that echoes across the nation, Bihar Governor Syed Ata Hasnain praised Prime Minister Modi's internationally recognized disaster risk reduction strategy. Emphasizing Bihar's ...