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The event focused on disaster risk management through the lens of African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries.
Cet éditorial décrit les mesures prises récemment pour lutter contre les risques naturels à Djibouti.
GFDRR supports resilient reconstruction planning and post-disaster assessments, helping more than 50 disaster-affected countries with these approaches since its launch in 2007.
Japan will help other countries train experts on disaster management and prevention under an initiative to be unveiled at an upcoming United Nations conference.
Understanding risk is more than just modeling risk; it requires an understanding of the development and social processes that underlie and drive the generation of disaster risk.
GFDRR's Mathijs van Ledden speaks to ZDF German Television about reducing flood risk in cities. [German]
Imagine being able to choose the safest school for your kids–the school that is least likely to flood, for example–by using up-to-date map data. This is possible thanks to green mapping technology that is transforming how communities operate.
Under the Grant Agreement, the Royal Government of Bhutan will receive a Grant of US$ 3.8 million from the World Bank for the Hydromet Services and Disaster Resilience Regional Project.
The World Bank Group, as part of its Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project, and GFDRR facilitated this agreement through a $30 million loan granted to the Government of Jamaica.