Waiting until disaster strikes hurting aid as early action five times more cost-effective, study says - Under the current ...
In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was ...
According to Climate Change News, due to geography and scattered coastal populations, Vanuatu has been repeatedly labeled as ...
From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled this century to ...
When we hear the word "disaster" we often think of floods, droughts or earthquakes—events caused by nature. But what really ...
CLIMATEWIRE | Natural disasters and human conflict forced about 66 million people to flee within their own countries last year, and the United States led all nations with 11 million of these internal ...
Wildfire disasters worldwide are growing notably in frequency and cost, according to a new study, with nearly half of the most damaging events over the last 44 years occurring in just the past decade, ...
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Monday reaffirmed Pakistan’s solidarity with the international community in working towards a safer, more resilient and ...
Emergency management officials from across Missouri are meeting at an annual conference to discuss lessons learned from a host of in-state disasters that occurred so far this year. They are also ...