The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend, now in its third consecutive year, threatens water security for nearly two billion people. All twelve major river …
With an aim to effectively manage disasters, the Government has allotted Rs 23,000 crore for developing disaster management infrastructure at the state, district and panchayat levels across the country. The National Disaster Management Authority Vice-Chairman, Mr M. Shasidhar Reddy, said the 13th Finance Commission has allocated the amount for developing …
Japan's defenses against a major tsunami and the safety of its nuclear plants were thrown into further doubt after two official studies predicted much higher waves could hit and that Tokyo quake damage could be bigger than it was prepared for. The reports, carried in the media over the weekend, …
The Regional Climate Risk Reduction Project (2009-2010), a pilot initiative from UNDP and the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office, spanned across four countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan region: India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Pakistan. In a limited time span of 15 months, the project worked towards generating awareness on climatic …
This report is intended to provide an overview of the concept of ecosystem approach to disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR), natural resource management and disaster linkages, incorporating Eco-DRR concepts in various phases of disaster management, including post disaster recovery in wide range of human and natural environmental settings. The case studies …
This document introduces an approach towards urban disaster risk reduction in which urbanization is believed to be both a cause and effect of economic growth, employment generation and overall development of a country. It looks at the various aspects of how Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) builds disaster preparedness into this …
Disasters led by the Japan earthquake cost the world a record figure of more than $380 billion last year, a UN official said Monday. While countries are managing to control the disaster death toll, economic costs are increasing more than ever before, said Margareta Wahlstrom, the UN special envoy on …
Chinese scientists claimed to have developed a system to monitor the movement of the Earth’s crust and predict earthquakes. The new system will be based on satellite navigation involving a network of 260 constant observing stations and 2,000 part-time observing stations with data-processing technology, according to the officials of the …
An attractive session of Jarigaan (folk song) enthralled a large number of people including hundreds of students at Haldibunia Secondary School premises under Chila union of Mongla upazila in Bagerhat district on a mid-February Thursday. The Jarigaan was organised in the disaster-prone coastal village of Haldibunia to make people aware …
This report examines the top 40 humanitarian recipient countries in the context of 'natural disasters', especially with regard to financing to reduce risk. It highlights how prevalent disasters are in these countries, and their particularly significant impact. Beyond this, It examines the current state of funding for disaster risk reduction …
This report provides mayors, governors, councillors and other local government leaders with a generic framework for risk reduction and points to good practices and tools that are already being applied in different cities for that purpose. It discusses why building disaster resilience is beneficial; what kind of strategies and actions …
The National Disaster Management Authority has asked the States to set up response force on the lines of one at the national level to effectively deal with natural calamities, the NDMA Vice-Chairman, Mr M. Sasidhar Reddy, on Sunday said. Stressing the importance of training people to deal with disasters, he …
In the first-ever synchronised effort, the national Capital on Wednesday witnessed simultaneous mock drills across several sites. The aim of the exercise was to assess the preparedness levels of the authorities concerned in case of an earthquake of the magnitude of 7.2 on Richter scale. The concerted drills were conducted …
Dharamsala: The recent spell of snow in Kangra district has exposed the disaster preparedness in the area. Kangra district falls in zone 5 category of seismic probability which makes it as one of the most earthquake prone areas of the country. The earthquake that struck the area in 1905 lead …
In India, disaster response preparedness still means rebuilding what has been destroyed. In China, disaster response is an opportunity not only to rebuild, but also to develop the affected areas and communities.
Eastern Indonesia and the southern Philippines comprise a huge and seismically highly active region that has received less than the deserved attention in tsunami research compared with the surrounding areas exposed to the major subduction zones. In an effort to redress the balance the tsunami hazard in this region is …
This new UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction explores trends and patterns in disaster risk globally & regionally. It highlights the political and economic imperative to reduce disaster risks. The second edition of the United Nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction is a resource for understanding …
This document provides ten case studies which are designed to support the identification of good practice, lessons, gaps, and opportunities in building resilience. The case studies were identified from various parts of the world representing a selection of examples of activities that have combined climate change adaptation and disaster risk …
