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Costa Rica

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Celebrating women’s leadership in climate action

Actively engaging women in decision-making processes on climate action is important. Building this groundwork started ten years ago, at COP18, where nations agreed to improve women’s participation in international climate policymaking.
United Nations Development Programme - Headquarters
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Costa Rica: Voluntary National Report of the MTR SF

Costa Rica's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).
Costa Rica - government
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Early Action Plans in Central America help more than 5,000 families to anticipate the impacts of tropical storms in Honduras and volcanic ashfall in Costa Rica

The IFRC has approved two Early Action Plans: the EAP for floods in Honduras, and the EAP for volcanic ashfall in Costa Rica. As a result, 2,700 Honduran families and 2,400 Costa Rican families will be able to anticipate the impacts of these hazards.
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Governance

Sendai Framework Focal Point

Sendai Focal PointComisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias
Website:
http://www.cne.go.cr

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Policies and plans
2019

Costa Rica: Decreto ejecutivo N°41095-MP-MTSS

Este decreto institucionaliza una serie de normas para la inclusión, atención y protección de las personas con discapacidad en casos de emergencia y desastres. El decreto explora:

-La estructura y implementación de las normas.
-El ámbito de aplicación

Costa Rica - government
Policies and plans
2016

Costa Rica: Plan nacional de gestión del riesgo 2016-2020

El Plan Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo 2016-2020 es un instrumento de enfoque estratégico destinado a orientar a todos los actores de la actividad nacional en el cumplimiento de la Política Nacional de Gestión del Riesgo, así indicado en la Ley Nacional

Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias
Policies and plans
2015

Costa Rica: Política nacional de gestión del riesgo 2016-2030

Esta política define los principios, objetivos y lineamientos de la política pública para la gestión del riesgo en Costa Rica en el período 2016 - 2030, y es la base para definir los compromisos del Plan Nacional de Gestión de Riesgo. 

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Risk and governance profile(s)

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Costa Rica: Voluntary National Report of the MTR SF

Costa Rica's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).
Costa Rica - government
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2021

Climate risk country profile: Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s climate is characterized by annual patterns. These are periodically affected by fluctuations in the temperature of the surrounding oceans, interaction of the atmospheric circulation with the volcanic mountain, and El Niño/La Niña cycles.
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