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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.

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Cyclone Remal: A wake-up call for building resilience

Bangladesh, a country heavily impacted by climate change, recently witnessed a prolonged heatwave with temperatures reaching 42°C, followed by the long duration of Cyclone Remal, and subsequent floods.
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Estimating the economic impact of governance in disaster risk management: Theory and evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean

In this publication the authors combine a new dataset on disaster risk management governance for 26 countries from the Latin America and Caribbean region with annual information on economic losses resulting from disasters between 1980 and 2016.
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Building regulatory capacity assessment for Liberia

The Building Regulatory Capacity Assessment for Liberia aims to identify priority actions to strengthen Liberia’s building regulatory framework, informed by a combination of literature review, field visits and consultations with experts and stakeholders.
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Building regulatory capacity assessment for Sierra Leone

The BRCA aims to provide a review of the existing building regulatory framework in Sierra Leone and identify intervention areas and priority actions that address gaps and optimize regulatory systems and processes.
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Evolution of disaster risk governance and its implication to resilience building in Nepal

This paper summarizes and analyzes Nepal's internalization of policy frameworks, the challenges in implementing them, the evolution of disaster risk management and governance concepts, and offers suggestions for building resilience in the Nepalese context
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Risk management against indirect risks from disasters: A multi-model and participatory governance framework applied to flood risk in Austria

This paper aims to illuminate the issue that most countries’ disaster risk management approaches remains centered on mitigating the direct effects of disasters.
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Taming wildfires in the context of climate change: The case of Greece

This paper provides an overview of Greece's wildfire policies and practices and assesses the extent to which wildfire management in the country is evolving to adapt to growing wildfire risk under climate change.
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The 2024 Jasper Fire is a grim reminder of the urgency of adopting a Canadian national wildfire strategy

Jasper is the latest in a growing number of communities affected by wildfires. Twenty thousand people living in Yellowknife were evacuated from their homes for more than three weeks in 2023.
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