From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled this century to average $180-$200 billion annually, according...
As the world marked World Tsunami Awareness Day last week, UN Secretary General António Guterres stressed the critical importance of early warning systems, particularly...
Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening disaster risk reduction and resilience in the region.
In their...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) will assist in the preparation of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s (UNDRR) Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference...
