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Governance

The institutional structures and processes that drive decision-making and management of DRR programs at regional, national and local level. This theme also includes institutions, legislations, policies and coordination mechanisms such as regional and national platforms.

UN Member States are exploring a legally binding instrument to better protect people before, during, and after disasters.

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National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said it has become imperative that all available resources should be deployed to achieve maximum benefits in disaster management programmes...

National Emergency Management Agency (Nigeria)
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'People here are very resilient; they have adapted to live with droughts over many years..but now [drought] is too often, and it is getting worse' said Tovo Hery Zo Roabijaona...

The New Humanitarian
Policies and plans
Policy type
National legal frameworks

The Philippine Disaster Risk Management Act, introduced by the Committee on National Defense and Security at the Fourteenth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines Second Regular Session, is intended to strengthen Philippine disaster management

Philippines - government
Policies and plans
Policy type
National policies and plans

This report explores the safety and preparedness level of education infrastructure and knowledge, in the areas of disaster preparedness, for adaptation and the future mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction and disaster management into curriculum and

Vanuatu - government
Documents and publications

This publication targets donors and development practitioners across the Pacific region and is intended to be used as a tool to guide the substance and direction of future programming in disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change. It

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Australian Agency for International Development
Policies and plans
Policy type
National policies and plans

This report has been produced to facilitate discussion leading to the finalization of a government endorsed strategy for early recovery and beyond.

Ministry of Food and Disaster Management
Policies and plans
Policy type
National policies and plans

The National Plan for Disaster Management 2008-2015 is an outcome of the national and international commitments of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (MoFDM) for addressing the disaster risks
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Disaster Management Bureau
Ministry of Food and Disaster Management
Documents and publications

This opinion paper suggests that the ‘adaptation is local’ mantra is no longer valid. Climate impacts are pervasive, inevitably crossing geographic and political boundaries, and the paper states that we need to move far beyond measures like National

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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