By Gemma T. Tabao TACLOABN CITY, August 11 (PIA) -- The National Housing Authority (NHA), as mandated, has assisted the housing needs of the former rebels, disaster victims and men in uniform in the...
AT A GLANCE Countries Pacific Island Countries (PICs): Fiji, Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Risks Tropical Storms, droughts, floods, storm surges, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, sea level rise...
Parts of Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire remain dry while heavy rainfall triggers flooding across West and East Africa Africa Weather Hazards Desert locust swarms remain present across parts of Ethiopia,...
Disasters caused by storms, wildfires, floods, earthquakes and other natural hazards triggered 24.9 million new displacements across 140 countries and territories around the world in 2019. This is...
By Olive P. Tiu TACLOBAN CITY, Aug 5 (PIA) -- The National Housing Authority in Region 8 (NHA-8) is set to conduct a virtual turnover of Physically Completed Yolanda Permanent Housing Projects in...
By Dr Jessica Mercer 1 Introduction Myanmar’s rural population are extremely vulnerable given their low human development and high dependence upon natural resources for their livelihoods (including...
The Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) report provides a latest snapshot of the DRR progress the Republic of Kiribati has achieved under the four priorities of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk...
Introduction As a pilot city for the "Making Cities Resilient and Sustainable" (MCRS) project, the Port Vila Municipal Council (PVMC) has been working closely with UN-Habitat for the last two years...
Executive Summary Bangladesh has been affected by more than 200 natural disasters over the last three decades. The country’s geographical location next to the Bay of Bengal, low-lying terrain,...
Written by Gianleo Frisari, Anaitee Mills, Mariana Silva, Marcel Ham, Elisa Donadi, Christine Shepherd, and Irene Pohl FOREWORD This “Toolkit for Climate Resilient Infrastructure PPP” and the...