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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.
This briefing paper adresses the cities and towns rapidly growing population and high vulnerability to the impacts of climate change in the world’s poorest and most vulnerable nations, which is likely to increase drought, storms, flooding and sea level
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Africa regional coverage, volume 19 issue no. 1, Monday, 11 May 2009:
The report summarizes the outputs of the second consultative meeting aimed at reviewing progress made in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), promoting regional
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change in developing countries:
This report focuses on adaptation to climate change, its links with disaster risk reduction and how the strengthening of the resilience of vulnerable countries and
The main objective of this report is to identify key trends in terms of progress made and challenges faced at both national and regional levels through the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in Europe
Council of Europe (COE)
The German Committee for Disaster Reduction
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement
Proceedings of the National Conference on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Local Governance (NCDRR) 2008, Makati City, Philippines, March 4-6, 2008:
This conference report asserts that successful mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction in local
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
'For the poorest communities the priority is to build people’s adaptive capacity and resilience – their ability to manage risks and shocks' says the final CCCD report presented last week to UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon...
The Foreign Ministry of the Royal Norwegian Government and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center signed a memorandum of understanding on 27 May 2009 to foster greater co-operation, between the two institutions, on disaster risk reduction...
This summary presents the key findings and recommendations of the Report, which identifies disaster risk, analyses its causes, shows that these causes can be addressed and recommends the means to do so. The over
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
