The World Bank Group works with the government of India on implementation of its National Disaster Management Plan, with assessing risks and incorporating disaster risk information into development ...

Disasters hurt the poor and vulnerable the most. Over the past decade, the World Bank has emerged as the global leader in disaster risk management, supporting client countries to assess exposure to ...

This article explores the purpose and scope of DRPs, BCPs, and IRPs, their differences, and how they complement each other.

A study of the principles and practice of disaster risk management including disaster risk identification and assessment processes, and the use of risk information in decision-making and communication ...

Too many homes will remain vulnerable to climate-related extreme weather events unless there is better coordinated housing ...

The need to understand and respond to disaster risk is increasing. The impacts of climate change, rapid urbanization, increasing social inequalities, and intensifying industrialization, are resulting ...

The Disaster Risk Reduction Bill, which was actively pushed by the Philippine Consortium on Good Local Governance (PCGLG), the Disaster Risk Reduction Network among others, has been signed into law by ...

The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 focuses on the role of education in protecting and empowering children for a disaster-free future. Many disasters, often worsened by climate ...

The EPA’s Risk Management Program under ... extremely hazardous substances to develop a plan should they be exposed to something like a natural disaster. However, this program has also been ...

Ahmad Zahid, who is also the National Disaster Management Committee chairman, said the policy aims to reduce disaster risk by integrating the concept of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) into every ...

The Kerala Warnings, Crisis and Hazard Management system (KaWaCHaM), the disaster risk warning system ... part of the National Cyclone Mitigation Plan, according to KSDMA. Already, the SDMA ...