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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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United States: Wildland-urban interface federal risk mitigation

This Executive Order on Wildland-Urban Interface Federal Risk Mitigation (WUI) aims to mitigate wildfire risks to Federal buildings located in the WUI, reduce risks to people, and help minimize property loss to wildfire.  For new buildings and alterations

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Fiji Environment and Climate Adaptation Levy Act 2015 (revised 1st April 2022)

This act establishes environment and climate adaptation levies on prescribed services, items and income.

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Nauru: National disaster risk management act, 2016

This law provides for matters relating to disaster risk management in Nauru; to establish under law the National Emergency Services, the national disaster risk committee, and the National Disaster Risk Management Council and for other related purposes.

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Cambodia: Law on disaster management

The objective of this law is to regulate disaster management in the Kingdom of Cambodia. The law has the following goals: (i) Prevention, adaptation and mitigation in the pre-disaster period, due to natural or human-made causes; (ii) Emergency response

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Mexico: Ley general de cambio climático

This document presents Mexico's General Law on Climate Change, approved on June 6, 2012, and includes the latest reforms of 2015.

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Tanzania: The Disaster Management Act, 2014

This act sets out a comprehensive legal framework for disaster risk management. It provides for the establishment of the Disaster Management Agency, as well as for disaster risk management and the National Disaster Management Plan, coordination mechanism

United Republic of Tanzania - government
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Palestinian Civil Defense Law No. 3

The Palestinian Civil Defense Law No. 3, dated 1998, states the responsibility of the civil defense and official authorities in the Palestinian Authority to face disasters.

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Italy: Climate Adaptation Strategy 2015

The Climate Adaptation Strategy establishes specific objectives to be reached by end of December 2016 and it is to be updated within 5 years. The NAS provides an extensive knowledge on past, present and future climate change.

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