Project Impact, a short-lived federal initiative that worked to create disaster-resistant communities, showed that teamwork by different government levels and the private and nonprofit sectors can do ...

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 ...

Climate change exacerbates the severity of natural disasters, which disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Mitigating disasters’ health consequences is critical to promoting health equity, ...

A stress testing methodology and tool were recently developed to ensure that the economic analyses of World Bank projects properly consider climate and disaster risks. When applied to a transport ...

Malawi Red Cross Society has underscored the importance of equipping communities in disaster-prone districts with effective anticipatory action approaches to build their resilience against climate ...

VISAKHAPATANAM: The Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) is likely to receive formal execution orders within the next 15 to 30 days for a comprehensive coastal erosion ...

Between 2019 and 2020, Southeast Asia reported 530 natural hazards — from earthquakes to cyclones and floods. COVID-19 has significantly heightened the financial constraints on the disaster management ...

KEONJHAR: Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari on Sunday reviewed progress of various development projects ...