The programme is commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water ...

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 ...

Damage caused by Hurricane Ida to homes in Pointe-aux-Chenes in Terrebonne Parish, La. (FEMA photo by Julie Joseph) While we continue to learn lessons from recent natural hazards and their impact on ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

This toolkit provides practical information, tools, formats and examples which help in making any DRR intervention inclusive. It includes ageing policies and frameworks, age-inclusion in risk ...

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 ...

Panama has instituted critical reforms to improve its technical and institutional capacity to manage the disaster risk resulting from natural and health-related hazards. The reforms allowed for a ...