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This page displays national legal frameworks on disaster risk, climate adaptation and resilience.

Governance of risk plays a central role in managing disaster risk. A national legal framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) is a comprehensive set of laws, regulations, policies, and institutional arrangements that a country establishes to manage and mitigate disaster risks. It defines the roles and responsibilities of governmental and non-governmental entities and sets up national agencies for coordinating DRR activities.

Legal frameworks include regulations and standards to prevent disasters or minimize their impact, such as building codes and land-use planning regulations, and outlines preparedness and response measures like emergency plans and early warning systems. A robust national legal framework for DRR is essential for creating a structured and coordinated approach to managing disaster risks, enhancing resilience, and protecting lives, property, and livelihoods.

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South Africa: Disaster Management Regulations 2020

Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, invokes section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002, to issue regulations following the national state of disaster declaration on 15 March 2020.

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Mauritius: Climate Change Act

This Act seeks to define a legal framework towards making Mauritius a climate-change resilient, and low emission, country.

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Mexico: Ley General de Protección Civil, 2012 (REV. 2020)

This entry is provided in its original language as it may be of interest to an international audience.

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Somalia: Environmental management bill

The Environmental Management Bill serves as a legal framework for environmental governance in Somalia. The bill includes provisions for penalties for environmental offenses.

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Argentina: Ley de presupuestos mínimos de adaptacíon y mitigación al cambio climático global - Ley 27520

La ley 27520 establece los presupuestos mínimos de protección ambiental para garantizar acciones, instrumentos y estrategias adecuadas de Adaptación y Mitigación al Cambio Climático en todo el territorio nacional.

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Croatia: Law on mitigation and relief of disasters 2019

This law regulates the criteria and authority for declaring a disaster, the assessment of damage caused by disasters, the allocation of aid to mitigate and partially eliminate the consequences of disasters, and the register of damages from disasters.

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Vanuatu: Disaster risk management act no. 23 of 2019

This Act provides the regulatory framework for disaster management in Vanuatu. T

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Micronesia, Federated States of: Climate Change Act

The FSM Climate Change Act was adopted by the congress in November 2013, which implements the most current adopted Nationwide Integrated Disaster Risk Management as well as Climate Change Policy. The Act functions as the instructor for the various

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