A government advisory panel dedicated to establishing a Disaster Management Agency that will explore ways to improve the nation’s disaster preparedness and responses held its first meeting on Jan. 30.

Dual-use infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered risk analysis, and community empowerment are the key components needed to drive disaster resilience in an era of mounting climate ...

Disaster response teams ought to be formed and established in all schools in the Davao Region to minimize chaos, manage people’s responses and avoid disasters and calamities to happen during natural ...

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.

Near the beginning of December 2024, I got an email from a disaster researcher acquaintance asking for my opinion. The topic was related to the Noto Peninsula earthquake on January 1 that year, and I ...

The news and the images from the landslides in Wayanad district in Kerala depicting horrific losses prompt us to revisit the disaster management and governance of areas vulnerable to natural disasters ...

As foreign funding decreases, Nepal may have the opportunity to redefine its development priorities and focus on its own needs rather than the agendas of foreign donors. Disaster preparedness in Nepal ...

The Japanese government is considering setting up its planned disaster management agency under the Cabinet on Nov. 1, 2026, government sources said Monday. In or after fiscal 2027, the agency will ...

On August 1, 2024, the central government introduced the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha. Brought in in the wake of climate-induced disasters, the Bill shows much evidence of a ...

Odisha will restructure its state disaster management authority to shift its focus from preparedness and disaster response to risk reduction and resilience, 25 years after the agency was set up after ...

The Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024, raises serious concerns. Instead of filling in the gaps in the Disaster Management Act (DMA), 2005, the Bill has removed scope for participatory ...