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With a growing recognition, in the post-2015 development agenda, of the need to build resilience to a broad suite of shocks, the necessary financing must be considered.
Multi-stakeholder and inter-agency platforms can help mobilize knowledge, skills and resources required for mainstreaming DRR into development and emergency policies, plans and programmes by providing coordination, analysis and advice.
This document highlights the critical need to appreciate the role that shocks and stresses play in development, and the role of risk and resilience considerations in all forms of finance - public and private, national and international - in achiev
In his speech, Mr Burkhalter emphasised that responding to disasters is no longer enough and that preventive measures are needed to ensure better disaster preparedness. This requires political will, social commitment and economic instruments and innovations. 'Disaster risk reduction measures are essential to ensure that what is achieved through development can be safeguarded for future generations,' said Mr Burkhalter...
Together with Peru, Tajikistan and Thailand and in the context of the post-2015 agenda, Switzerland is organising an event on the importance of water and disaster risk reduction for sustainable development...
Le secrétaire d’Etat Yves Rossier, chef de la Direction politique du Département fédéral des affaires étrangères (DFAE) a affirmé que 'la coopération en matière de risques naturels est une situation gagnant-gagnant et peut constituer une puissante mesure apolitique d’instauration de la confiance entre les participants'...
La protection contre les séismes doit encore être renforcée en Suisse. Le Conseil fédéral a dévoilé aujourd’hui les points forts de son programme de mesures de mitigation des séismes pour la période 2013 à 2016. Celui-ci prévoit notamment l’extension du réseau accélérométrique...
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Switzerland, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, drought, wild fire, storm, earthquake and avalanche.
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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