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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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The Preparedness and Emergency Management has added this new national observation to its annual national calendar of events with the aim to prepare earlier for the hurricane season than previous years...

Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
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The EC, CARIFORUM member states, overseas countries and Caribbean, territories, the EU outermost regions in the Caribbean and their related EU member states met to discuss closer collaboration for disaster management and response...

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency
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Report of the Transatlantic Taskforce on Development:

This report examines development cooperation on a transatlantic basis with government, private sector and NGO input and intends to help provide a roadmap for transatlantic partners in development. Its

German Marshall Fund of the United States, the
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Discussion paper:

This paper examines insurance mechanisms as a means to address loss and damage in developing countries particularly vulnerable to climate change by addressing two fundamental questions: whether climate insurance programs should be part

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Germanwatch
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This document is a compilation of the principal resolutions adopted on disaster reduction in order to provide policy makers and other interested persons with ready access to such resolutions.

Resolutions adopted during the UN International Decade for

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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A senior official has called for the establishment of a high-level system to help prevent disasters and reduce potential damage caused by them...

China Daily
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Indonesian authorities have called on citizens to 'play a key role in disaster response and risk reduction', reports the Jakarta Globe newspaper...

PT Jakarta Globe Media
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'Il est fondamental de renforcer les capacités gouvernementales dans la gestion et la prévention des catastrophes, ça rentre dans notre mandat', a déclaré M. Gonzalez, Directeur PNUD, Burundi...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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