El Salvador

This document presents a review of current and planned adaptation action in Central America and Mexico, covering the following eight countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama, as well as Mexico. The review first

This review provides an inventory of country-level adaptation activities and a summary of key adaptation priorities, based on documents like the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s National Adaptation Programs of Action and National Communications

Study for the harmonization of knowledge and experience from the indigenous/local, technical and scientific spheres for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change (CC) programming:

The aim of the study is to visualize the current situation on the

In Spanish:

El presente decreto tiene como finalidad prevenir, mitigar y atender en forma efectiva los desastres naturales y antrópicos en el país y además desplegar en su eventualidad, el servicio público de protección civil, el cual debe caracterizarse

In Spanish:

La presente legislación establece la prevención y contrarrestar los efectos causados por lo fenómenos tales como: terremotos, tormentas tropicales, huracanes, inundaciones, sequías. Por lo anterior se crea el Fondo de Protección Civil

This briefing paper addresses the governance of funding for climate change adaptation in developing countries at the global and country level in order for the needs of the most vulnerable to be met. It particularly considers country-level ownership of

Brief overview of the disaster risk management (DRM) strides made in several Latin America and the Caribbean Region countries to date. It includes a set of country notes organised by country priority levels determined by the GFDRR.

The preparation of this Regional Progress Report has been undertaken within the framework of the biennial 2009-11 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) Monitoring and Progress Review process, facilitated by UNISDR and ISDR System partners.

The progress report