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'Japan has long been a leader in mainstreaming disaster risk management into the global development agenda, and their own experience shows us that prevention pays,' said Zoubida Allaoua of World Bank. 'The new program will have a global outreach, bringing expertise from Japan and beyond to developing countries'...
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Japan during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).
On 20 December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to hold the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan.
Disasters and climate risks were not addressed as part of the original framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Japan, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as storm, flood, earthquake, tsunami and volcano.
The report highlights the major activities and accomplishments in disaster reduction during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) in Japan.
This paper presents Japan’s natural and social conditions subject to occurrence of natural disasters and outlines countermeasures for disaster prevention such as integrated flood control, forest conservation and erosion control, and earthquake disaster countermeasures. The document discusses country’s basic legal and institutional framework and related plans for disaster prevention and describes recovery, relief and international cooperation activities.
This report argues that the practice of disaster risk management (DRM) is a defining characteristic of resilient societies, and should therefore be integrated – or ‘mainstreamed’ – into all aspects of development.
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.
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