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At the first meeting of EAC Partner States’ heads of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Coordination in Dar es Salaam last week, Deputy Secretary General, Hon. Beatrice Kiraso, stressed the need for disaster preparedness, with sufficient resources, both financial and human...

A new National Research Council report presents a 20-year road map for increasing the USA's resilience to earthquakes, including a major earthquake that could strike a highly populated area. It includes an 18-task road map for implementing the strategic plan adopted by the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program...

The development of this Joint National Action Plan on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management is to ensure that Tonga's priorities set forth in its National Strategic Planning Framework, 2009–2014, are addressed and implemented at all

Homeowners, farmers, private business, and government agencies in Southeast Europe and the Caucasus will have access to affordable disaster insurance thanks to an innovative new program supported by World Bank financing...

There is a need to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation plans in the programs of local governments, stressed Rodolfo Labarinto of the National Economic Development Authority at a recent briefing and orientation on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation...

Newly constructed flood-resistant shelters have recently been handed over to 114 families in Manna, one of the flood affected villages in Kot Addu Tehsil, Muzaffargarh District. The quality and durability of the constructions are part of the disaster risk reduction measures taken by the Kashf Foundation reports The International News...

'Children are always the most vulnerable in a crisis situation' said Charlie MacCormack, president and CEO of Save the Children. With the support of partners like Mattel and the Mattel Children’s Foundation, we can expand our disaster preparedness programs in high-risk areas.'...

A review into disaster insurance and the potential need for a national disaster fund has been ordered by the Australian government today, in light of the economically devastating floods and cylones that recently hit Queensland, reports Reuters...