WASHINGTON, April 9, 2020 -- The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$500 million in financing to help strengthen the Philippine government’s capacity to address disaster risks, ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ leadership in disaster risk reduction and climate action was recognized in a regional meeting of Asian Disaster Preparedness Center. Philippine Ambassador to ...

MANILA, Philippines — Disasters, including those wrought by fiercer storms, are threatening more people and could derail economic progress in the Asia Pacific region if governments don't invest more ...

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 8-- The World Bank issued the following news release: The multiple shocks that hit the Philippines - the COVID-19 health crisis, economic activities across the country frozen ...

Strengthening provincial climate governance. The Climate Change Commission (CCC) met with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) of Cebu to identify strategic ...

“Our green bond market has been recognized by the Asian Development Bank for its potential to expand even further,” Marcos said in a speech at the Asia-Pacific ministerial conference on disaster risk ...

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Disaster risk management is the application of disaster risk reduction policies and strategies to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, contributing to the ...

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