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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'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
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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DRR Community in Costa Rica

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Sendai Framework Focal Point

Sendai Focal PointComisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias

National Platform

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National policies and plans

2019

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
2016

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
2015

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. 

Costa Rica - government

Risk and governance profile(s)

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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
Coverpage of "Climate risk country profile: Costa Rica"
2021
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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