In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was ...

Learn about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in enhancing disaster risk reduction and resilience, in an editorial led ...

Susann Baez Ullberg is Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Management Research and Training at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden.Jeroen Warner is Associate Professor at Wageningen ...

When we hear the word "disaster" we often think of floods, droughts or earthquakes—events caused by nature. But what really turns these events into disasters is how prepared we are to deal with them.

Propel your career forward with an accredited graduate certificate. Unlike most other programs that focus on management of natural disasters, Michigan Tech's on-campus Natural Hazards and Disaster ...

Children are the most effective messengers of change. By adopting Little Chanakya for children and youth audiences, NDMA is ...

When the Indian Ocean tsunami reached Myanmar’s coast in 2004, the Moken people had already sought safety on higher ground.

Today, as climate change magnifies the frequency and intensity of disasters, many of those traditional systems hold lessons ...

The research claims that shifting to renewable energy does not automatically eliminate the risks traditionally associated ...

Established under India's G20 Presidency in 2023, the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRR WG) aims to integrate ...