Marc van den Homberg

Disasters are increasing in frequency and intensity, placing growing pressure on disaster financing systems.

Anticipatory actions (AA) are pre-emptive measures taken to reduce disaster impacts based on forecasted hazards.

Anticipatory actions (AAs) are pre-emptive measures taken to mitigate the impacts of disasters based on forecasted hazards.

On 6 February 2023 a magnitude 7.8 earthquake affected the border region between Türkiye and Syria, killing an estimated 55,000 people and causing damage to more than 4 mil

The economic and humanitarian impacts of tropical cyclones across the small island developing states (SIDS) in the Caribbean are very high; and greater than those of larger mainland cou

South-Limburg suffers from plvial floods ad flash floods occasionally. The last floods in 2021 caused immense damage in the river Geul.