The United Nations has endorsed a new global statistical framework for disaster-related statistics to help countries better understand and reduce growing disaster risks.

It is just over three years since United Nations Member States adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the global plan to reduce disaster losses, which is pivotal to the ...

Many countries - from Armenia to Vietnam - are making the right noises about reducing disaster risk, including involving marginalised communities in debates on the topic. October 13 is the UN ...

During the past decade, the world has witnessed an increase in the number of major disasters, such as the Asian tsunami in 2004, the Haitian earthquake in 2010, the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 ...

The IAEA has an important mandate and is engaged in a broad array of activities on issues of disaster risk reduction as this relates to the many peaceful applications of atomic energy, said IAEA Legal ...

The National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) is evolving from a facilitating and funding entity to a catalytic fund leading on disaster risk reduction measures and climate resilience paradigm in ...

Addressing a session at the AI Impact Summit, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Chief ...

According to him, the Sendai Framework, which was adopted in 2015, represents a landmark internal agreement to chart the course for global disaster risk reduction efforts. The Director-General, ...

Natural and man-made disasters have significant social, economic, and environmental impact. In 2015, the United Nations formally recognised, through the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction ...

Senior Lecturer, Humanitarian Emergency and Disaster Management, College of Indigenous Futures, Arts and Society, Charles Darwin University The United Nations’ Sendai Framework for disaster risk ...

Recognizing that disaster risk management (DRM) plays a pivotal role in the country’s sustainable development, the Government of Armenia was one of the first countries in the region, to initiate a ...