The World Bank Group works with the government of India on implementation of its National Disaster Management Plan, with assessing risks and incorporating disaster risk information into development ...

When we talk about disasters, we often default to the language of nature. We describe storms as "unprecedented," floods as "once-in-a-century," and heat waves as "record-breaking." While these ...

Natural and man-made disasters have significant social, economic, and environmental impact. In 2015, the United Nations formally recognised, through the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction ...

In Colombia, World Bank support helped extend social protection to approximately 340,000 households and supported the incorporation of disaster risk management into new construction, renovation, or ...

The United Nations system, coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction, has guidelines for nations and municipalities to manage natural hazard risk. Foremost among these, in many ...

ISWA manual shows that disasters and conflicts in West Asia generate vast amounts of hazardous and mixed waste that, if poorly managed, quickly become a second crisis threatening health, the ...