National policies, plans and risk and governance profile(s)

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This seismic risk profile of Kuwait, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.
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In cooperation with the World Bank, this study investigated the natural and anthropogenic hazards that affect Kuwait.
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Kuwait's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).
This report forms part of the country’s activities to comply with international environmental agreements. It includes analysis of baseline scenarios and analysis of projected scenarios and their impact on specific sectors in the country.

The purpose of this publication is to detail lessons learned from UNDP’s Climate Change Adaptation work and achievements in the Arab region on achieving sustainable and lasting results. Some lessons include building local capacity at all levels to ensure

This report reviews drought management across North Africa and the Near East. It includes Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, and Yemen

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This report reviews the availability of data in Kuwait to report against the indicators recommended to measure the global targets of the Sendai Framework, and identify current gaps.
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The Health and Climate Change Country Profile of Kuwait as part of a wider Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate change.

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