Governance

From extreme heat and floods to earthquakes and cyclones, a wealth of examples collected on PreventionWeb offer clear evidence that disaster risk reduction delivers tangible results.

This World Health Organization report reviews how health is integrated into national climate adaptation planning, assessing 59 National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and 27 Health National Adaptation Plans submitted globally between 2015 and early 2025.

This Article analyzes how FEMA might integrate climate change into its disaster resilience efforts under existing authority, while exploring a more effective formal legislative mandate to enable FEMA to be a viable source of climate resilience leadership.

The benefits of parametric insurance include its efficiency and transparency, but governance is key, and administrative transitions can cause delays that carve away at benefits.

In their most recently published study, research team member Kenneth Lachlan looked closer at several communities in the eastern areas of the state and surveyed residents to learn more about how they received information during weather emergencies.

What's missing from the discussion is the root cause of why Aceh was ill-prepared for the hazard. Aceh's vulnerability can be traced back to colonialism, which created an inequitable distribution of power, wealth and resources.

In 2026, the country will release a national plan on earthquake disaster prevention and mitigation for the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). Priorities will be given to improving earthquake resistance in urban and rural areas.

Climate change is no longer just about melting ice or hotter summers. It is also a financial problem. Droughts, floods, storms and heatwaves damage crops, factories and infrastructure.