Tag: UNDRR

From 1970 to 2000, disasters cost $70-$80 billion annually but doubled since 2000 to $180-$200 billion yearly. Most costs are preventable. According...

Natural disasters are not just wreaking havoc — they're breaking economies. According to a new UN report, their true cost is now...

As the world grapples with increasingly frequent and severe disasters, many fueled by the climate crisis, the Global Assessment Report on Disaster...

Explore the latest report on global progress in early warning systems by the UNDRR and WMO. Uncover challenges, success stories, and funding boosts as the world strives to protect communities from the impacts of climate change.

Almost half of the countries globally are not protected by multi-hazard early warning systems and the numbers are even worse for developing...

With the world moving towards a 2°C warmer planet, drought will intensify and worsen in several regions, crumbling communities, ecosystems and economies. The risks...

The first 20 years of this century saw a “staggering” rise in climate disasters and “almost all nations” failed to prevent a “wave of death and...