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.

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.

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

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 ...

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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 ...

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand’s disaster management framework received international recognition at the second technical meeting of ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.