Global Space and Satellite Forum(GSSF) in Abu Dhabi to host United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) of the United Nations Office ...

27 May 2025 — As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than previously estimated, with far-reaching effects across ...

Having slashed the financial losses due to disasters and climate change from 10% to 9% of the GDP and having streamlined property ownership for primary residences, a new 3-year initiative set to ...

Editor's Note: This article was modified October 17, 2025. What began as a pilot program has evolved into an emerging technology investment for disaster management and preparedness in nations with ...

As the full scale of the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai in South-West Africa continues to be assessed, the UN and humanitarian partners are ramping up the provision of emergency food, shelter, ...

The defining climate story of 2025 was that they unfolded across regions with very different income levels, governance structures and climate readiness, yet produced strikingly similar failures.

During a press conference Tuesday, the UN World Food Program (WFP) raised concerns about the humanitarian situation worsening in Haiti with the coming hurricane season. The WFP said that political ...

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, PK Mishra, highlighted India's robust Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) financing system--cumulatively exceeding USD 28 billion--and called for concrete, ...

Disasters have a major impact on individuals and society, increasing over time, and summarized here by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. Psychiatric research in disasters has ...

As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually 10 times higher than previously estimated, with far-reaching effects across healthcare, housing, ...