The labor and environmental groups are pushing the change so relief funds can be used in more situations. By Manuela Andreoni Dozens of environmental, labor and health care groups banded together on ...

This year’s destructive winter storms in California have prompted the Internal Revenue Service to once again push back its deadlines for filing returns and paying taxes owed — but just for taxpayers ...

The three-day meeting brought together senior officials, experts and policymakers from 11 BRICS member and partner countries.

A worker in Thailand clears a road after a major flood. Disasters can threaten the infrastrucutre, investment climate, and human capital that jobs depend on. Photo credit: Adobe Stock At the World ...

Intervention to address disasters has evolved through time into a complex policy subsystem, and disaster policy is implemented through a set of functions known as emergency management and response.

The countries of the Central American region and the Dominican Republic are highly vulnerable and exposed to all types of natural hazards, which have intensified due to the effects of climate change.