Photo courtesy of Republic World Sri Lanka is widely recognised for having some of South Asia’s most developed climate and disaster governance frameworks. The country has national adaptation plans, ...

This paper provides a novel global estimate of poverty due to disasters, showing that 25.6 million people are at risk of poverty due to disasters, 12.7 million thereof facing extreme poverty. Disaster ...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed former Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga as Special Envoy for ...

The Ministry of National Security will conduct Exercise Caribe Wave 26 on Thursday [March 19] as part of its disaster preparedness efforts. A Government spokesperson said, “The Ministry of National ...

In the aftermath of another summer of weather disasters, there were headlines about a " growing gap " between recovery efforts and preparation for ...

The Indian Ocean Tsunami hit Sri Lanka in 2004. Cyclone Ditwah swamped us in 2025. In both cases, in addition to lives lost ...

CoGTA launched five key actions to improve community-level disaster preparedness and early warning responsiveness in vulnerable areas of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.

In a commendation that echoes across the nation, Bihar Governor Syed Ata Hasnain praised Prime Minister Modi's internationally recognized disaster risk reduction strategy. Emphasizing Bihar's ...

New Bihar Governor Syed Ata Hasnain prioritizes disaster management, pledging to visit all state districts to evaluate preparedness. With six years' NDMA experience, he emphasizes professional ...

Australia’s new Guiding Principles for resilience investment set out how governments and insurers intend to direct risk‑reduction spending and respond to natural hazard exposure, providing a framework ...

The United Nations has endorsed the world’s first global statistical framework designed to help countries measure disaster risk and understand the full impacts of natural hazards on people, ...