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Climate extremes are revealing a hard truth: our development choices – urban sprawl, industrial agriculture and even the concrete infrastructure designed to control water – are exacerbating our problems. Because sooner or later, water always wins.
Unprecedented drought makes water a national security issue as more than half of Chile’s 19 million population lived in area with ‘severe water scarcity’ by end of 2021.
Australian farmers are on high alert for a mouse plague. Last year’s record invasion devastated rural areas and this year’s bumper harvest is seeing mouse numbers increasing again.
Many are still missing after this month’s floods. Extreme weather is becoming more frequent, and it can be devastating
All our food systems – agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture – are buckling under the stress of rising temperatures, wildfires, droughts, and floods.
Large parts of Pacific country’s capital would be permanently flooded and islands would disappear, according to new projections
Mayor overseeing a green regeneration in city where temperatures can already surpass 40C.
More than 12,000 deaths have already been attributed to glacial lake outburst floods worldwide
Voluntary Commitments
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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.