PURI: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi showcased Odisha as a global example in disaster management while inaugurating the BRICS Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group meeting here on Thursday.

Artificial intelligence can help to reduce the impacts of natural hazards, but robust international standards are needed to ensure best practice. Jürg Luterbacher is a professor at the Center for ...

Susann Baez Ullberg is Senior Analyst of the Centre for Crisis Management Research and Training at the Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden.Jeroen Warner is Associate Professor at Wageningen ...

The meeting appreciated the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority’s early warning systems, risk reduction measures, ...

The countries of the Central American region and the Dominican Republic are highly vulnerable and exposed to all types of natural hazards, which have intensified due to the effects of climate change.

A worker in Thailand clears a road after a major flood. Disasters can threaten the infrastrucutre, investment climate, and human capital that jobs depend on. Photo credit: Adobe Stock At the World ...

The three-day meeting focused on sharing best practices in disaster risk reduction, resilient infrastructure, community-based ...