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The preparation of this National Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the 2013-15 HFA Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and the ISDR partnership.

This Delphi study aims to feed lessons learned from working and implementing projects on disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the field into the policy dialogue on a HFA2. The study is designed to build a bridge between field practitioners and policy makers

Integrated risk management (IRM) is a central element of disaster risk reduction in Switzerland and it is applied in many of the risk-oriented planning guidelines of the Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP). It is also applied by other federal

This framework presents climate change as a phenomenon interlinked with many sectors, particularly disaster risk reduction (DRR), water, energy, and food security, as well as sustainable natural resource management, which calls for two complementary

This paper proposes four key elements that Switzerland considers important to be promoted in the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (HFA2): (i) it is paramount to develop a comprehensive understanding of the disaster risk landscape; (ii)

The third report on effectiveness of the Swiss International Cooperation is dedicated to the topic of climate change. The purpose of this report is primarily on accountability. It shall inform the interested Swiss public and the Members of the Swiss

This global brief reports on the progress and challenges of the SDC's Global Programme Climate Change, which seeks to have an impact on the policy of international environmental organizations by using practical examples from the real world. It shares

This paper was produced to coincide with the first anniversary of some of the worst floods to affect central Europe in recent memory. It focuses on flood resilience in Germany, looking at the 2013 floods, and comparing them with the floods of 2002. While