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Find DRR national legal frameworks

This page displays national legal frameworks on disaster risk, climate adaptation and resilience.

Governance of risk plays a central role in managing disaster risk. A national legal framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) is a comprehensive set of laws, regulations, policies, and institutional arrangements that a country establishes to manage and mitigate disaster risks. It defines the roles and responsibilities of governmental and non-governmental entities and sets up national agencies for coordinating DRR activities.

Legal frameworks include regulations and standards to prevent disasters or minimize their impact, such as building codes and land-use planning regulations, and outlines preparedness and response measures like emergency plans and early warning systems. A robust national legal framework for DRR is essential for creating a structured and coordinated approach to managing disaster risks, enhancing resilience, and protecting lives, property, and livelihoods.

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Mauritius: Climate Change Act

This Act seeks to define a legal framework towards making Mauritius a climate-change resilient, and low emission, country.
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Somalia: Environmental management bill

The Environmental Management Bill serves as a legal framework for environmental governance in Somalia. The bill includes provisions for penalties for environmental offenses.
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Argentina: Ley de presupuestos mínimos de adaptacíon y mitigación al cambio climático global - Ley 27520

La ley 27520 establece los presupuestos mínimos de protección ambiental para garantizar acciones, instrumentos y estrategias adecuadas de Adaptación y Mitigación al Cambio Climático en todo el territorio nacional.
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Vanuatu: Disaster risk management act no. 23 of 2019

This Act provides the regulatory framework for disaster management in Vanuatu. T
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Micronesia, Federated States of: Climate Change Act

The FSM Climate Change Act was adopted by the congress in November 2013, which implements the most current adopted Nationwide Integrated Disaster Risk Management as well as Climate Change Policy. The Act functions as the instructor for the various

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USA: U.S.C.A 42 § 1768 National earthquake hazards reduction program reauthorization act of 2018

This bill amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to expand activities under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program to include:

  • gathering information on community resilience (i.e., the ability of a community to prepare for
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Taiwan (China): Bylaws of disaster prevention and response act, 2001

This Bylaw should be interpreted in conjunction with Disaster Prevention and Protection Act.

The Bylaw outlines the logistical and operational procedures surrounding the Disaster Prevention and Response Plan. It establishes the responsibilities of

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Taiwan (China): Disaster prevention and response act

This Act ensures the development and improvement of a disaster prevention and response system that functions to protect the population, properties, and the homeland. It delegates regulating authority to various agencies depending on the type of disaster

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