Policy and plans

Read about regional and national policies and plans on disaster risk, climate adaptation and resilience on the PreventionWeb knowledge base.

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2023
The Belém Charter, available both in Portuguese and Spanish, creates a permanent forum between the region's mayors, within the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO), and includes the objective of "making resilient and sustainable cities".
Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization
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2023
The Government of Canada Adaptation Action Plan (GOCAAP) is the policy and program framework that shows how the Government of Canada contributes to achieving the goals, objectives, and targets laid out in the National Adaptation Strategy (NAS).
Government of Canada
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2023
The guidelines represent a powerful tool for national administrations to make climate adaptation a top political priority.
European Commission
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2023
This Strategy is the product of two years of engagement with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners, key experts, stakeholders and partners across Canada.
Government of Canada
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2023
The European Commission adopted a Recommendation to establish common goals to boost disaster resilience in the areas of civil protection.
European Commission
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2022
This law sets Greece's legal framework on climate action. The document also contains emergency provisions to address the energy crisis and protect the environment.
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
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2022
Mumbai city is increasingly at risk of the impacts of climate change. Increasing temperatures, depleting natural green cover, routine bouts of extreme rainfall events resulting in severe flood conditions incur severe losses
World Health Organization World Meteorological Organization
Disaster risk reduction in EU external action
2022
These conclusions from the European Council's meeting on 28 November 2022 call for a proactive and anticipatory crisis response.
Council of the European Union, the