Disaster Risk

An aerial view of the vast destruction of the Indonesian coast, between the towns of Banda Aceh and Meulaboh, caused by the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Incorporating traditional culture “key” to disaster management

4 November 2016
General News

Engaging local communities and incorporating traditional cultures is key to managing disasters in Indonesia.

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Boreal forests line a misty fjord in southeast Alaska (file). FAO/Bill Ciesla

UN hails ambitious Canada-Mexico-US partnership to fight climate change

4 July 2016
The head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today hailed as “a major breakthrough” a recent announcement by Canada, Mexico and the United States that they will take sweeping action to achieve 50 per cent clean power generation by 2025 and cooperate on reducing disaster risk.
Suva, Fiji, ahead of Cyclone Winston's landfall. The cyclone was upgraded to a category 5 on Friday 19 February as it made its way across the Pacific region, having already impacted Tonga.
UNICEF/UN010591/Clements

Fiji praised for disaster prevention measures ahead of killer cyclone

22 February 2016
General News

Fiji sustained terrible loss of life from Cyclone Winston, but it could have been much worse without the preventative measures taken before the storm hit, UN disaster relief experts said on Monday.

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