Ecosystems play a pivotal role as a frontline defense against hazards, acting as a shield to prevent disasters and mitigate their impacts on communities, critical infrastructure, and essential ...

This summary report looks at the outcomes and recommendations from a HelpAge regional workshop on disaster risk reduction held in Bangkok, Thailand in October 2012.

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 ...

Daniel Byrne and Ted Bouthiller Jr. offer a remedy for overloaded fire inspectors: include basic fire code instruction in firefighter training to put more eyes and ears on the ground for reducing ...

CoGTA launched five key actions to improve community-level disaster preparedness and early warning responsiveness in vulnerable areas of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

Twelve participants from six Pacific countries gathered in Apia, for a four-day regional workshop, the final phase of the UNITAR Hiroshima Women's ...

Although getting out of your station and addressing immediate risks are the basis of a CRR program—and something certainly is better than nothing—a solid CRR program that produces beneficial results ...

"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 ...

BANGKOK — “Fund resilience, not disasters,” the theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on Oct. 13, highlighted the need to shift from reactive spending on recovery to ...