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MAJOR natural and man-made disasters cost the Philippines half a trillion pesos in the past 10 years, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Based on the Compendium of Philippine Environment Statistics Component 4 on Extreme Events and Disasters, PSA data showed these disasters cost the country…
At a time of growing risks and vulnerabilities, UN Women recognizes the urgent need to optimize the work of the next seven years of the Sendai Framework’s implementation to achieve gender-responsive disaster risk reduction. In this context, UN Women is working to foreground the needs of women and girls and support their full engagement at all levels of decision-making related to disaster risk reduction.
Meeting between MAI leadership and World Bank representatives on loans granted to the Ministry. The status of the loans granted by the World…
Climate-resilient infrastructure reduces, but may not fully eliminate, the risk of climate-related disruptions. Climate risks to infrastructure can be reduced by locating assets in areas that are less exposed to climate hazards (e.g. avoiding new construction in floodplains), and by making the assets better able to cope with climate impacts when they materialize. The development of infrastructure should also consider the impacts on risk elsewhere: for example, the potential contribution to flood risk resulting from increases in paved surfaces.
The G7 Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting in May put the spotlight on Sendai’s cutting-edge research and technology, its growing capacity to host wo