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This page displays regional policies and plans on disaster risk, climate adaptation and resilience.

Governance of risk plays a central role in managing disaster risk. Regional policies and plans for disaster risk reduction are collaborative strategies developed by countries within a specific region to address and mitigate the impacts of disasters collectively. These policies aim to enhance regional resilience through coordinated efforts such as establishing early warning systems, sharing best practices and conducting joint training exercises.

They include harmonized standards for building codes, land-use planning, and environmental management to reduce vulnerabilities. Such regional initiatives foster cooperation, resource sharing, and collective action to effectively manage and reduce disaster risks across borders.

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Policies and plans
EU strategy on adaptation to climate change 2013

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, COM(2013) 216 final.

European Commission
Policies and plans
Aqaba declaration on disaster risk reduction in cities

A declaration by the Mayors and Local Government representatives together with National Government Officials emphasizing the importance of reducing disaster risk in Arab cities, in which the participants of the First Arab conference for disaster risk

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Arab States
Jordan - government
League of Arab States
United Nations Development Programme - Jordan
Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority
Policies and plans
Council of Europe resolution 339: Making cities resilient

This Resolution urges the Council of Europe, mayors and local authorities to address urban resilience by embracing the “Ten Essentials” of the Making Cities Resilient campaign.

Council of Europe (COE)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
Policies and plans
Fourth Africa regional platform for disaster risk reduction, Arusha: Summary statement

A statement in which the participants of the 4th Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), including governments, intergovernmental regional organizations, bilateral and multilateral donors, United Nations, academic and technical

African Union
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
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Third session of the regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas: Communiqué Santiago de Chile / Tercera sesión de la plataforma regional para la reducción de riesgos de desastres: Comunicado de Santiago de Chile

Investing in resilience - accelerating the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the Americas:

A declaration in which the participants of the Regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas acknowledge the work being developed

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Organization of American States
Chile - government
Policies and plans
Yogyakarta declaration on disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific 2012

A declaration endorsed by Heads of Government, Ministers, and Heads of Delegation of countries in Asia and the Pacific, as an outcome of the Fifth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR), calling on disaster risk reduction (DRR)

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
National Agency for Disaster Management (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana)
Policies and plans
Addis Ababa declaration in support of the implementation of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) in Africa

A Declaration issued 30 September ahead of the 10th EUMETSAT User Forum Africa, saying that the implementation of the Global Framework on Climate Services (GFCS) will help African institutions to gain better access to knowledge and technologies in climate

Economic Community of West African States
African Union
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Ethiopia - government
Organization of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
Southern African Development Community
Indian Ocean Commission
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
Commission de la Communauté Économique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale
Policies and plans
Alliance of Small Island States leaders' declaration 2012

A declaration adopted by the Member States of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) on September 27, 2012, on the sidelines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly.

Alliance of Small Islands States
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