Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DEFRA
Governments
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A detailed programme of action for the country to repair damage done to the environment in the past, urges everyone to get involved in helping nature to flourish at all levels including transforming rural and urban areas and providing bigger, connected sites for wildlife to live in and adapt to climate change...
Climate change will bring opportunities for economic growth if British businesses think now about how climate change will affect them, said the UK's Environment Minister earlier this week at the launch of a new interactive online tool aimed at preparing businesses for both climate risks and opportunities...
Defra, with the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), will conduct a national emergency flooding exercise in March 2011. It will test the arrangements across England and Wales to respond to severe, wide-area flooding.
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.