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Some 50 million schoolchildren and 15 million coastal residents are exposed to earthquake hazards and rising sea levels and tsunamis, respectively, making the Philippines one of the world's riskiest places...

The United States and Mexico are working together to improve seismic monitoring south of the U.S./Mexican border. International scientific cooperation will save lives and reduce property loses from earthquakes...

Huit organisations non gouvernementales dont Oxfam, Unicef et Plan International ont prôné l’implication des jeunes et enfants dans le combat contre les hécatombes dûes aux catastrophes naturelles à l'occasion de la Journée internationale pour la réduction des risques...

'The team will assess the disaster-prone areas in Kerala and suggest further measures for action on disaster risk reduction,' said Disaster Management Department principal secretary Nivedita P Haran...

Mely Caballero-Anthony and Sofiah Jamil address the state of regional cooperation and the vital need for disaster preparedness in Thailand and Cambodia, which face high socio-economic costs from flood damage...

Social Affairs Minister, Wael Abou Faour, met with Special Representative of the United Nations for disaster risk reduction, Margareta Wahlstrom to discuss cooperation between the Ministry and the UN in order to reduce the disaster risk and prevent related damages...

USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) recognized two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for excellence in disaster risk reduction programming: Concern Worldwide (U.S.) and Catholic Relief Services...

The implementation of an early warning systems to reduce risk of disasters within the Asean region is being emphasised as the most important agenda in the 33rd meeting of Asean Sub-Committee on Meteorology and Geophysics (SCMG) being held in Brunei...

Children and young people have more influence in preparing their communities for disasters and reducing the impacts than any other demographic group, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)...

Scientific progress has laid the basis for more effective policies to combat and manage drought and desertification. The challenge of climate change means it is imperative to translate that science into action, according to the World Meteorological Organization...