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Governance

The institutional structures and processes that drive decision-making and management of DRR programs at regional, national and local level. This theme also includes institutions, legislations, policies and coordination mechanisms such as regional and national platforms.

Latest Governance additions in the Knowledge Base

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‘Chronically submerged’: Europe’s overseas territories are battling sea level rise

Residents of former Dutch colony Bonaire have sued the Netherlands for lack of action against climate change.
Euronews
Cover and source: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
Documents and publications

Institutional strengthening and modernization of hydromet and multi-hazard early warning services in Bhutan: A road map for 2024-2034

This roadmap describes the current situation of hydromet service provision in Bhutan and presents a short- and medium-term modernization approach.
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Documents and publications

Call to action to governments to respond with urgency on systemic climate risk

This Call to Action is a reminder to policymakers to act decisively and urgently to manage systemic risk, by committing to and implementing, national policy reforms consistent with 1.5°C carbon budgets and development pathways.
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Documents and publications

India: Voluntary National Report of the MTR SF

This is India's Voluntary National Report for the Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (MTR SF).
Cover and source: White House
Policies and plans

National climate resilience framework

The first-ever National Climate Resilience Framework establishes a vision for a climate-resilient nation and guidance for resilience-related activities and investments by the federal government and its partners.
Traditional bolivian woman in traditional dress, walking trought the Sun island in lake Titicaca, Bolivia
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Rethinking premium support for climate protection

Compared to other forms of support, premium support directly reduces the price of insurance and has the potential to provide a more direct route to financial protection. However, the current approach has yet to deliver sustainable impact.
Centre for Disaster Protection
Cover and source: Centre for Disaster Protection
Documents and publications

Rethinking premium support: Enhancing the impact and sustainability of climate risk insurance

This insight paper aims to support policymakers and practitioners as they seek to scale up financial protection against climate-related shocks through sovereign insurance solutions.
Schoolchildren in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 2023
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Empowering Central Asia’s next generation with safer, disaster-resilient schools

Five Central Asian nations – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – reaffirmed their commitment to safe and resilient schools for children this week – with four endorsing the Comprehensive Safe Schools Framework.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
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