How can science play a bigger part in reducing disaster risk?

When the Viceroy of Peru, Jose Antonio Mansa de Velasco, was given orders to rebuild Lima after an earthquake in October 1746, he hired the French mathematician, Louis Godin, to come up with a reconstruction plan.

Aichi Prefecture city rolls out new pay phones in disaster-prevention move

The city of Tahara in Aichi Prefecture is bringing back public pay phones in response to widespread mobile phone disruptions following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Detecting forest fires with satellites (MODIS and VIIRS)

Latin America in a better position to deal with El Niño

Appliance of science key to disaster risk reduction

GENEVA, 30 December 2015 – Hundreds of science and technology specialists from around the globe will come together next month to harness their expertise to help reduce disaster risk.

New steps for disaster risk awareness

An international conference has agreed to step up efforts to increase public awareness of how to curb the impact of natural and man-made hazards, spurring the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Viet Nam Red Cross Society celebrates International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction and launches the World Disasters Report 2015

It was a Tuesday morning. Normally Truong Thanh Truat, from the Hoang Tin commune in Hoang Hoa district, Vietnam, would head out to do his daily work as a fisherman. But yesterday was different, as he took part in the disaster response simulation drill on the beach of Hoang Hoa.

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework) is the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda, with seven targets and four priorities for action.

UNISDR Chief welcomes World Tsunami Awareness Day

23 December 2015, GENEVA –The head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, today welcomed the passing of a resolution yesterday by the UN General Assembly which recognizes November 5 as World Tsunami Awareness Day. The resolution was led by Japan and Chile.

UNISDR welcomes Viet Nam’s new climate change strategy

HANOI, 20 April 2012 - Wrapping up a five-day visit to Viet Nam, Margareta Wahlström, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, commended the Government on its Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) Programme and new National Climate Change Strategy.