A switch to prevention and preparedness would require redefining the word “disaster” itself. Disaster is associated with drama and immediacy, but doesn’t encompass slow emergencies, such as drought ...

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In a high-level meeting at its New York headquarters this week, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction ...

Gov. Maura Healey slammed the Trump administration Wednesday for canceling $90 million in disaster prevention aid for Massachusetts — a move that “makes our communities less safe,” she said.

Also known by its French acronym, FPRNM, the fund has been called the backbone of France's natural disaster prevention policy, according to the country's CCR public assurance body in its latest ...