Written By Angela Oduor Lungati Executive Director, Ushahidi This article is part of: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Unequal access to…
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Pakistan is one of the countries most affected by climate change (floods, droughts, erratic rains, melting glaciers, heat waves, and weather-related extreme…
Despite being blessed with all kinds of resources, no doubt the economy of Pakistan is being marred with challenges like erosion in…
Top 10 Costliest World Natural Disasters By Insured Losses, 2021 (US$ billions) Rank Date Country/region Event Insured loss 1 Aug.…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation Vijayan Asari Professor of Electrical and Computer…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ravindra Jayaratne, University of East London[/box] On the morning of August 29 2005, one of the…
Present PTI government of Prime Minister Imran Khan is for making investment in human development to upgrade the standard of…
Any single risk event can wreak havoc on a company’s operations, and a combination of multiple issues can totally collapse…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Sarah Feldman, Feb 8, 2019[/box] Tropical cyclones have done the most monetary damage compared to other natural…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Nathanial Matthews Program Director, Global Resilience Partnership Deon Nel CEO, Global Resilience Partnership[/box] Haiyan, Mangkhut, Yutu.…
Food security is a major issue for both wealthy and poverty-stricken countries Half a million people will die worldwide in…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University[/box] [dropcap]N[/dropcap]o sooner had Hurricane Harvey’s record rains receded from…