Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction was a ‘wake-up call’ to improve preventative measures and ‘stop the spiral of increasing disaster impact and risk’. May 27, 2022, Bali, INDONESIA – More...
Disasters unfold across national boundaries, involving a range of interrelated hazards and complex dynamics. To tackle disaster risks and build resilience in the face of increasing climate-related...
Bishkek, 13 May – With financial support from the European Union (EU), and facilitation of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the city of Bishkek launched its Detailed...
The 7th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) is taking place at a critical juncture in our planet’s history. A lived experience of climate disruptions For children born today, their...
Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems initiative brings message of hope In a year overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic fallout, 2021 nevertheless saw progress towards in...
Countries gathered in Indonesia to review global progress to reduce the threat of climate hazards and other disasters amid the rising toll of extreme events. The first UN international disaster forum...
Local governments play an essential role in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and building resilience. At the UNDRR’s 2022 Global Platform in Bali, local leaders from across the globe joined a productive...
By Teresa M. Deubelli, Rachel Norton, Reinhard Mechler, Kanmani Venkateswaran, K. McClune, and Anne-Sophie Stevance Abstract The climate and COVID-19 crises demonstrate that risks are becoming...
Introduction Systemic risk is a well-known challenge to policy makers, but it has often appeared in different guises. Over the years, it has been associated with the collapse of the financial system,...
Introduction Recently, topics related to natural hazards and Critical infrastructure (CI) networks have deeply interested a large number of researchers (e.g. Beckers et al., 2013; Francis & Bekera,...