Six years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, among other countries, are still recovering from the impact of two of the deadliest hydrometeorological events in…

Francesco Varotto, Clara Ariza, Roberto Mendez, Naraya Carrasco, Suranga Kahandawa |

A recent assessment supported by the Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership (GWSP), revealed that Haiti’s water laws and policies are disjointed and weakly enforced, and the overall…

Farah A. Dorval, Véronique Verdeil, Christophe Prevost |

Haiti's exposure to multi-hazards, and pre-existing sociopolitical vulnerability and fragility make the nation susceptible to the impact of disasters.

Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Naraya Carrasco, Luis Recalde-Ramírez |

Many studies have shown that disasters, including tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods, disproportionately affect women and girls, who are at greater risk of violence and exploitation…

Naraya Carrasco, Bruce MacPhail, Francesca Rivelli, Viviana Sandoval |

With one billion, or 15% of the world’s population, experiencing a form of disability, and 80% living in low- and middle-income countries, we must consider the impacts of natural hazards on…

Yusra Uzair, Simone Balog-Way, Mari Koistinen |

Haiti, a nation vulnerable to earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods—with high levels of poverty, rapid & unregulated urbanization, and fragile government agencies—was able to draw on financing…

Naraya Carrasco, Francesco Varotto, Peter Wrede |

Natural hazards are gender neutral; however, they do not affect all members of society equally. For instance, women are more vulnerable to the adverse economic effects of natural hazards, due to…

Karen Sirker |

Using disaster risk modeling techniques, in combination with historical damage data, census and socioeconomic survey data, satellite imagery, drone footage, and other media, the GRADE assessment…

Francesco Varotto, Giovanni Michele Toglia, Claudia Soto Orozco |

Haiti is one of the most deforested countries in the world, and hazards such as heavy rains devastate crops and livelihoods with a more challenging, longer road to recovery.

Jimena Llopis, Emilie Bernadette Perge |