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Displaying 45 of about 127 resultsThis community science position paper considers the disaster risk associated with extreme geohazards, such as earthquakes and tsunamis, landslides, extreme temperatures, volcanic eruptions, drought and floods, and addresses the challenges of disaster risk reduction for these events. It analyses the potential effects of low-probability high-impact events…
This map shows the worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes that occurred between 1980 and 2014, based on the data from NatCatSERVICE, and gives overviews of overall and insured losses.
With more than 25,000 entries, NatCatSERVICE is one of the leading global databases for natural catastrophes. Every year between 800 and 1,000 loss events are rec…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Papua New Guinea during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as volcano, drought, landslide and cyclone, also presents national institut…
This paper seeks to answer the following questions: (1) What roles do social protection initiatives support disaster risk reduction? (2) What prerequisite conditions are needed to extent the role of social protection in achieving sustainable community resilience? Research is based on qualitative analysis in two rural districts in Indonesia pro…
This report shows that the natural catastrophe statistics for 2012 were largely dominated by atmospheric events, with no catastrophic earthquakes. Due to a number of major weather-related catastrophes, including severe tornado outbreaks in the spring and a record drought in the US Midwest, the USA accounted for an exceptionally high proportion of natura…
This Atlas is designed to help business, investors and international organisations compare the risks of natural hazards within 197 countries and assess their resilience during and after the occurrence of a natural hazard. The Atlas includes indices and interactive subnational maps of 12 natural hazard risks, as well as scorecards for all countries…
2009 Sasakawa award call for nominations now open
Nominations are now open for the 2009 Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction. Nominees should be individuals and institutions from around the world who have contributed to building the resilience of nations and communities to natural hazards through innovative practices and outstanding initiatives. Nomin…
Press Release No. 811
GENEVA/WORLDWIDE – With World Meteorological Day taking place worldwide on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization is marking the annual event with a global call for increased investment in weather, climate and hydrological observation technologies to help populations and economies adapt to climate change and climate varia…
This document sets up the objective of the environment theme of the European Commission specific programme for 'Cooperation', as well as its context and content regarding 'Climate change, pollution and risks', which encompasses the sub-activity related to natural hazards in the following areas: (i) hazard assessment, triggering factors and forecasting:…
The first half of 2018 was fortunate in that natural disasters across the world caused significantly lower losses than usual. According to provisional figures, overall losses were around US$ 33bn, the lowest level since 2005 (US$ 29bn after adjustment for inflation).
However, individual events did cause high losses for those concerned, for example cr…
To create an enabling environment for dialogue on risk financing strategies and to further the understanding of disaster risk, national risk profiles have been developed for eight countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The risk profiles provide visual information and data on the hazards, exposure, and risk for multiple hazards in each country. The profiles pr…
Magazine Water & Atmosphere 16(2) 2008
Over the centuries, Maoris have recorded a litany of natural hazards and catastrophic events in their stories, songs, and place names. This document investigates how this wealth of information can complement scientific studies and management of natural hazards.
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Peru, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, drought, land slide, earthquake and volcano. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an eva…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Nigeria, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as storm, wild fire, flood, drought, land slide, earthquake and volcano. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The r…
To develop a ten-year strategy for disaster reduction through science and technology, the members of the Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR) collaborated with scientists and engineers worldwide to identify a suite of Grand Challenges for disaster reduction. This document presents six Grand Challenges for disaster reduction and provides a framework…