Thank you for the opportunity to address this plenary discussion on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. I appreciate today’s theme, which looks beyond natural ...

The climate crisis is upon us, and we are only just beginning to endure the consequences of the neglect we have shown to our planet. Melting ice caps, rising sea levels, the proliferation of extreme ...

International Day for Disaster Reduction promotes a global culture of risk awareness and disaster reduction by celebrating how people around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters. This ...

According to him, the Sendai Framework, which was adopted in 2015, represents a landmark internal agreement to chart the course for global disaster risk reduction efforts. The Director-General, ...

We’re launching the first Disaster Risk and Age Index at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, 14-18 March. The Index ranks 190 countries across the world on the disaster ...

Hydro-climatic hazards don’t need to become disasters: Hydro-climatology looks at the interaction between weather, watersheds, and water. Hydro-climatic extremes, such as periods of abnormal dryness ...

The Japan-World Bank Program has contributed to close to 80% of the low- and middle-income countries supported by the World Bank in institutionalizing disaster risk reduction as a national priority.