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 ...

I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. As you may remember in the resolution that ...

The term “Tech for Good” has popped up in national and international conversations. It often exists to counter to complaints and attention drawn to the technology community’s role in a variety of ...

Over the past 12 years, the program has organised summer schools and symposiums annually, as well as conducted campus safety workshops, various technical sessions at international and regional events ...

MANILA, Philippines — Disasters, including those wrought by fiercer storms, are threatening more people and could derail economic progress in the Asia Pacific region if governments don't invest more ...

As climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and striking more places, fewer people are dying from those catastrophes globally because of better ...

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

Belize continues to advance its national disaster preparedness and resilience strategy following a high-level engagement between the Government of Belize and senior United Nations officials. Minister ...

VIENNA, 17 January (UN Information Service) — The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) will highlight the important role of space-based technologies in managing natural disasters, such ...

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world's preparations to deal with disasters are not yet keeping pace with the growing threats to people and societies, said the former U.N. disaster ...