Ecosystems play a pivotal role as a frontline defense against hazards, acting as a shield to prevent disasters and mitigate their impacts on communities, critical infrastructure, and essential ...
This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Long before the winds and the rain and the flooding, there was ...
In the aftermath of every major disaster, Americans watch a familiar scene unfold, where communities are devastated, families displaced and survivors struggle to navigate a system that often feels ...
As companies continue shifting mission-critical systems to the cloud, they’re discovering that 24/7/365 reliability isn’t a given. Even brief outages can interrupt sales, slow internal workflows and ...
Executive Directors welcomed the opportunity to take stock of ongoing staff work on building resilience to natural disasters in vulnerable countries, including the efforts being made to incorporate ...
BRUSSELS, May 15, 2024 - Europe needs smart investments to strengthen disaster resilience, adaptation and finance response to disaster and climate risks, say new reports on the Economics for Disaster ...
Building on the progress achieved through previous Bank-financed projects, the Second Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Loan with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO II) project ...
A LAWMAKER has emphasized the urgent need for the government to adopt science-based strategies to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters and provide vulnerable communities “more than a fighting ...