Tag:Disaster risk reduction

India's next leap in disaster management should not simply be to predict disasters better. It should be to connect knowledge better, strengthen institutions and act earlier.

One of the starkest examples is Imja Lake in Nepal’s Everest region. Until the 1960s, it was only a relatively small pool of meltwater high in the mountains.

The KPMG–UNDRR GETI partnership seeks to translate global DRR frameworks – notably the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 – into practical, scalable actions adapted to India’s context.

In 2024, India experienced extreme weather on 322 days, leading to over 3 400 deaths. The first 90 days of 2025 alone saw 87 days of intense weather events – including floods and heat waves – underscoring an alarming upward trend in disasters.

In a significant diplomatic shift prompted by mounting climate risk, Nepal and China have agreed to begin sharing critical cross-border intelligence on glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) that threaten lives and livelihoods in the fragile Himalayan region.

The Indian government has taken significant steps toward disaster risk reduction, aligning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ten-point agenda on DRR.

The 2025 Annual Meeting of The World Economic Forum's relevance as a global gathering sits within and beyond the official programme.

Vanuatu is emblematic of the cascading disasters that Pacific Island nations increasingly endure, where frequent earthquakes intersect with the escalating impacts of climate-induced hazards such as cyclones, rising sea levels, and coastal erosion accompanied by staggering loss and damage experienced by vulnerable populations and ecosystems.