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Trinidad and Tobago’s disaster risk reduction initiative receives strong support, garners U.S. Ambassador participation
Following on the heels of one of the worst recorded floods in Trinidad and Tobago’s history, the small island nation has just fast-tracked an initiative to assess...
Early warning system training ensures long-term sustainability, expands regional and national capacity
Pacific Disaster Center (PDC)’s early warning and disaster monitoring platform, DisasterAWARE, supports multiple ASEAN member states throughout southeast Asia, as well as...
National assessment to support Paraguay’s 2018 Sendai Framework Implementation Plan
Paraguay’s newest initiative to strengthen disaster resilience and reduce risk kicked off on February 28, 2019 in the nation’s capital Asunción in partnership with the...
PDC showcases joint product innovations with UN OCHA and WFP during humanitarian partnerships conference
Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) joined the United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and World Food Programme (WFP) to showcase the...
Panama continues to advance as regional leader in disaster risk reduction
Shortly after opening its new Regional Logistics Centre for Humanitarian Assistance, providing life-saving disaster relief to vulnerable communities throughout Central...
Join PDC at Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week in Geneva
Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) is excited to announce its participation in the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) in Geneva, Switzerland from 4-8 February...
Myanmar achieves new early warning and disaster risk reduction capacity milestones
The Government of the Union of Myanmar is celebrating significant milestone achievements as it embarks upon the second half of a two-year, USAID-funded capacity...
With disaster risk on the rise, Sierra Leone partners with PDC on advanced risk reduction strategies
One year after the 2017 Freetown mudslide left more than a 1,000 people dead and over 3,000 homeless, Sierra Leone has initiated a bold new partnership to help identify...
Argentina acts to reduce disaster losses and increase resilience in and age of extreme hazard risks
As natural disasters increase in frequency and severity worldwide, affecting more people than ever before, the ability of countries to manage hazards has become an urgent...
International gathering assesses ASEAN achievements to date, looking towards the 2025 Vision for Disaster Management
ASEAN’s advancement of regional and institutional disaster risk reduction over the past decade has been exemplary. To examine success factors, challenges overcome, and...