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We hear so much these days about climate change, often with suggestions of it inevitably causing more disasters. Science, however, paints a much more

How many deaths have been caused by earthquakes throughout history? Tens of millions? Millions? Hundreds of thousands? The answer, perhaps, is close

This past March, Peru was hit by devastating floods. Media reports led with death tolls and declarations of states of emergency. People volunteered

Indonesia is amongst the countries in the world with the highest risk from environmental hazards and climate change impacts. Following the devastating

We often talk about communication and Early Warning Systems (EWS), the development of which normally moves in a top-down manner, from global to

The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) coordinates Earth observations for a changing planet characterized by extreme weather events such as droughts

It is no longer business as usual. From major global businesses to SMEs to small local producers, economic losses from disasters are a growing threat

Disasters such as floods, earthquakes and droughts, have a negative impact on a country’s economic growth, which in turn impacts the poorest and

For the first time in disaster risk reduction, the new global blueprint for reducing disaster risks – the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction