Opinion

19/11/2024

UNESCO Chair in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering (DRR & RE), chaired by Prof. Dina D’Ayala at University College London, continues its series of meetings and lectures/presentations.

This is a good place to take current knowledge and trends in disaster prevention. Chair website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epicentre/unesco-chair/Upcoming seminar 21.11.: “Multi-hazard Risk and Resilience of Educational Infrastructure”: […]
04/11/2024

Spain floods: Before and after images show devastation

Spain has been coming to terms with devastating floods which have left more than 200 people dead and dozens missing this week. Thousands of emergency services […]
04/11/2024

A meeting of GeoDRR Project Managers began on Thursday, October 31 at 8:30 am CET.

t was on a smaller scale, as Southeast Asian Partners reported technical problems with connectivity due to a wave of tropical cyclones and the holidays. The […]