A South Korean study combining regional fire-risk matrices with cost–benefit analysis shows that redirecting and expanding ...

Disaster risk reduction is rarely a priority until a disaster strikes close to home. Yet even the destruction caused by the ...

Mitigation is crucial as it limits future dangers, but adaptation protects people from existing risks, writes Ashif Shaikh of ...

Climate change adaptation requires rapid, informed decision-making. Yet the knowledge needed to make those decisions is often ...

Focusing on the five E’s, Kory Leo discusses how different community stakeholders bring unique perspectives to community risk reduction.

Washington, DC. — Today, Rep. Dave Min (CA-47), and Johnny Olszewski (MD-02), Co-Chairs of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) Building Resilient Housing Task Force, ...

Joycelyn Lamu is a teacher in the Solomon Islands. She developed a disaster risk reduction project through the UNITAR's Women's Leadership in ...

CLIMATE change is usually discussed as an environmental problem. We hear about rising temperatures, stronger storms, changing ...

By Ifham Nizam Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya warned that Sri Lanka’s worsening waste-management crisis, particularly the uncontrolled accumulation of plastic waste and poorly managed landfills ...

Will "disaster-resilient homes" become the new standard for choosing a house?Earthquakes, torrential rain, typhoons, and ...

A flood warning can arrive on a phone in seconds. What happens next is much harder to predict.Texas saw that difference again ...

A month after the Bhotekoshi flood, Nepal’s disaster authorities are assessing the damage, planning reconstruction and ...