MANILA, PHILIPPINES – This year’s Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR) will highlight the latest disaster risk reduction innovations. The conference will focus on ...

A collaborative program launched between APRU and Tohoku University to nurture future leaders in advanced disaster risk reduction research HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In 2023, 21% more natural ...

Science, engineering, and the social sciences come together to reduce the risk of compound disasters in international port cities caused by earthquakes and tsunamis When international port cities are ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ leadership in disaster risk reduction and climate action was recognized in a regional meeting of Asian Disaster Preparedness Center. Philippine Ambassador to ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos yesterday called on countries in the Asia-Pacific region to increase investments and funding in disaster risk reduction measures in the face of more destructive ...

Together with the World Health Organization Sasakawa Health Prize and the UN Environment Programme Sasakawa Environment Prize, the United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction is one of ...

The U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction will hold an Asia-Pacific ministerial conference in the city of Sendai in autumn 2027, it was learned Tuesday. Such a meeting will be held in Japan for the ...

THE head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Monday praised the Philippines' people-centered approach to disaster risk reduction. At the 2024 Asia-Pacific Ministerial ...

MANILA, Philippines — Disaster risk reduction efforts in the Philippines serve as “a lighthouse to the rest of the [Asia-Pacific] region and the world,” a United Nations official said on the eve of a ...

MANILA, Philippines – Next-generation business leader Jessica Sy joined regional policymakers and development leaders at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s Women’s International ...