As the frequency and related costs of disasters increase everywhere, so does the benefit of investing in disaster risk reduction. In low- and middle-income countries, which often lack the financial…
Recovering better by supporting women-led businesses
The Vanuatu Resilience Business Council (VBRC), a Connecting Business initiative Member Network, decided to work with women business owners to…
The United Nations General Assembly is the main policy-making organ of the Organization, comprising all 193 Member States. The 76th session of the General Debate starting on September…
By Simay Kardes, Merve Birdal and Erhan Arslan
Turkey is a country that is exposed to extreme weather events and also geophysical hazards such as earthquakes.…
The climate crisis is global, but its impact on lives and livelihoods are felt unequally. Vanuatu is ranked as the country with the highest disaster risk in…
Disasters don’t discriminate. Neither does the climate crisis, as recent floods around the world – including Germany, Belgium, India, and China to name but a few– have reminded us.
World…
By Firzan “Hush” Hashim, Country Director, A-PAD SL
Floods and landslides in 2016 and 2017 in Sri Lanka accounted for nearly 500 deaths. Several volunteers lost their lives whilst trying to save…