This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of ...

Integrating local governance with structural engineering solutions is key to developing earthquake-resistant housing in areas ...

When disaster strikes — a hurricane, an earthquake, a wildfire, a major storm surge — we see the impact: homes lost, critical infrastructure damaged, lives disrupted. What we often don’t see is the ...

Bandara Jayaratne from Beraliya, a village in the Aranayaka region in Sri Lanka, is among the fortunate individuals who ...

This week’s Business of Giving guest is Elizabeth Hausler, CEO of Build Change. The nonprofit works with people in emerging nations to build houses and schools that can withstand a natural disaster.

The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) faces severe challenges due to its vulnerability to climate change and natural ...

As the number and ferocity of hurricanes, fires, and other disasters increases, so too does the number of people forced from their homes. Some 3.2 million people were displaced by disasters in 2022, ...

In Pakistan, the Sindh Flood Emergency Rehabilitation Project (SFERP) has improved flood protection for 2.3 million people (almost half of whom are women) after the devastating 2022 floods; repaired ...

Here is a climate finance riddle. Why are insurance companies posting record profits even as climate-related losses from natural disasters reach historic highs? Despite a $182 billion price tag for ...

VIENTIANE: The government on Monday (Dec 22) reaffirmed its commitment to disaster risk management as the country marked National Disaster Management Day, Asean Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, and ...