GENEVA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- A UN official has praised China's approach to disaster risk reduction and resilience-building, describing it as strongly "people-centered" and offering valuable lessons for ...

Larger, ever more complex and more expensive disasters are occurring and are having a higher than necessary impact because decision makers are failing to put people first and prevent risks from ...

The United Nations has endorsed a new global statistical framework for disaster-related statistics to help countries better understand and reduce growing disaster risks. The Global Disaster-Related ...

"Stop Disasters," an online video game developed by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), teaches young people how to reduce risks linked to flooding, hurricanes and other ...

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has named Baguio City as a “Resilience Hub.” Baguio is the second local government unit (LGU) in the ...