From heatwaves to floods and storms, these five disasters show how warming is overwhelming economies, systems and resilience ...

The United Nations (UN) has confirmed its active role in coordinating the emergency response across Aceh, North Sumatra, and ...

As climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and striking more places, fewer people are dying from those catastrophes globally because of better ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (April 17, 2024) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a participant in the United Nations' (UN) High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP). Established ...

In the immediate aftermath, the UNDP Sri Lanka office reported facing severe challenges in obtaining ground-level damage data due to these disruptions. Recognizing the urgent need for situational ...

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MANILA, Philippines — Disasters, including those wrought by fiercer storms, are threatening more people and could derail economic progress in the Asia Pacific region if governments don't invest more ...

Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee climate disasters last year, the United Nations said Wednesday, ...

In 2025, 305 million people need urgent humanitarian aid due to escalating crises. Conflict and climate change are causing unprecedented displacement, hunger, and destruction. Wars, including in Sudan ...

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world's preparations to deal with disasters are not yet keeping pace with the growing threats to people and societies, said the former U.N. disaster ...