Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the ...

The countries of the Central American region and the Dominican Republic are highly vulnerable and exposed to all types of natural hazards, which have intensified due to the effects of climate change.

In Colombia, World Bank support helped extend social protection to approximately 340,000 households and supported the incorporation of disaster risk management into new construction, renovation, or ...

Natural and man-made disasters have significant social, economic, and environmental impact. In 2015, the United Nations formally recognised, through the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction ...

Cape Town's disaster management capacity is under strain as a key role remains vacant for over a year, impacting emergency ...

The National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF) is evolving from a facilitating and funding entity to a catalytic fund leading on disaster risk reduction measures and climate resilience paradigm in ...

Building on the progress achieved through previous Bank-financed projects, the Second Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Loan with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO II) project ...

When disaster strikes, businesses face immediate and costly challenges: How do they keep operations running, protect their assets and recover quickly? While no company is immune to crises, those with ...

Technology disaster recovery (DR) initiatives provide strategies and procedures that can help organisations protect investments in IT systems and infrastructure. The essential mission for disaster ...

Over 1,500 experts, officials, and academics from global sectors expected to attend Add as a preferred source on Google Abu Dhabi to lead Global Disaster Resilience Talks in 2026 WAM Abu Dhabi: The ...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has unveiled the provincial Disaster Management Plan 2026-30, declaring 10 districts highly vulnerable to floods, two to landslides and one each to snowfall ...