GENEVA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A UN official has praised China's approach to disaster risk reduction and resilience-building, describing it as strongly "people-centered" and offering valuable lessons for ...

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 ...

In this undated photo provided Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a construction site in Taechong-ri, North Korea, in a recovery effort ...

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 ...

Located on the Ring of Fire, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters, particularly earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. YT Haryono/Reuters The United Nations’ Sendai Framework for disaster ...

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 ...

Integrating VSL into Pakistan’s policy framework could fundamentally reshape how investments are prioritised. In climate ...