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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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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

Micronesia, Federated States of - government
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This bill amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to expand activities under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program to include:

  • gathering information on community resilience (i.e., the ability of a community to prepare for

United States of America - government
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This Bylaw should be interpreted in conjunction with Disaster Prevention and Protection Act.

The Bylaw outlines the logistical and operational procedures surrounding the Disaster Prevention and Response Plan. It establishes the responsibilities of

People's Republic of China - government
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This Act ensures the development and improvement of a disaster prevention and response system that functions to protect the population, properties, and the homeland. It delegates regulating authority to various agencies depending on the type of disaster

People's Republic of China - government
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This act provides the legal basis for disaster management in Saint Lucia. This includes the establishment of the National Emergency Management Organisation and the National Emergency Management Advisory Committee for disaster management planning and

Saint Lucia - government
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An act to provide for an integrated and co-ordinated disaster management that focuses prevention, preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery from disasters or emergency situations as well as the management of the effects from such events; to

Gambia - government
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This order may be cited as the disaster management order, 2006. The long title of this order is "An order to provide for effective disaster management for Brunei Darussalam and for matters connected therewith or incidental there".

This order provides the

Brunei Darussalam - government
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Repeals and replaces the Natural Calamity Relief Act of 1982. Provides for the cooperation of national and local authorities in the framework of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in the case of natural disasters in Nepal. Focuses on

Nepal - government

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