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Natural hazards have a devastating effect on children’s education. Through its Global Program for Safer Schools (GPSS), the World Bank works hand-in-hand with client countries to ensure the resilience of school infrastructure.

Students whose families live in zip codes where there was a severe weather disaster get worse grades than their peers, are more likely to withdraw from difficult courses and ultimately are more likely to default on their student loans says a new study.

Floods in 2022 had destroyed Baleswar Higher Secondary School in Assam’s Cachar district. More than a year later, hool has managed to build back up little by little, with limited government support.

To find out what children must do if a tremor hits when parents, teachers or other adults are not around, Mainichi Shimbun interviewed Satoko Oki, a seismologist and associate professor at Keio University's Faculty of Environment and Information Studies.

A closer look at the link between inequality, disaster resilience, and the urgent need for equitable solutions, unpacking the complex dynamics at play between inequality and disasters.

Bangladesh's coastal cities and towns are not just grappling with the direct impacts of climate change but are also contending with socio-economic challenges that are exacerbating their vulnerability.

The report of the event focuses on the pressing need to upscale wetland solutions for disaster risk reduction. The session featured prominent speakers who offered valuable insights into the potential of wetlands as nature-based solutions (NbS).

Fighting inequality for a resilient future is the theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. It highlights the vicious cycle between disasters and inequality

The AfDB teamed up with the ARC Group to establish the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Programme in 2018. This program enhances African countries’ resilience and response to climate shocks by improving their management of climate disaster risks.

PLOS highlights recent studies published in PLOS ONE including one on an informal settlement in northwestern Colombia and a paper looking at how heat waves affect visitors to the Grand Canyon National Park. The authors give PLOS insights on their work.