The severe flash flooding in northeast Nigeria on 9 September 2024 has displaced tens of thousands of people. The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohamed Malick Fall, led the UN... Read more »
Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, President of the Republic of the Philippines, addresses the general debate of the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 20-26 September 2022). The... Read more »
Natural hazards don’t have to become disasters. With investments in resilient infrastructure, the world can protect communities and individuals from the devastation caused by earthquakes, tsunamis and other extreme weather events. Mami... Read more »
Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Office for... Read more »