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Research Strategy (July 2012 to June 2017):

This strategy highlights the need to consider links between climate change mitigation and adaptation with an aim of producing better results from research that includes projects with dual benefits. The strategy

This act creates provisions for dealing with the management of state emergencies and rescues. Specific disaster risk reduction provisions include: article 5(a) which defines prevention in relation to an emergency, and includes the identification of

An act to provide for the protection of life, property and the environment in the event of an emergency and to establish emergency management arrangements and plans. Section 9(1)(a) gives the State Committee the power to institute and coordinate emergency

An act to establish strategies and systems for the management of emergencies. Section 27 of the act deals with recovery operations. Other sections dealing with functions related to disaster risk management include section 9(1)(g), section 15, section 22(1

This act provides for the adoption of measures necessary for the protection of life and property from the effects of disasters and emergencies. Section 15(a) provides a general necessity for the territory director to obviate or alleviate an actual or

'I encourage all local agencies with ideas about how to better protect and prepare their communities for the potential impact of disasters to submit their proposals,' said the Hon Michael Gallacher MLC

This fact sheet introduces disaster readiness, including disaster risk reduction, as one of the key priority themes to be discussed by world leaders in June 2012 in Brazil for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). It presents