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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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El Salvador: Ley de protección civil, prevención y mitigación de desastres

The purpose of this decree is to prevent, mitigate and effectively address natural and man-made disasters in the country and also to deploy, in the event of such disasters.

El Salvador - government
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El Salvador: Ley de creación del fondo de protección civil, prevención y mitigación de desastres

This legislation establishes the prevention and counteracting of the effects caused by phenomena such as earthquakes, tropical storms, hurricanes, floods, droughts. For this reason, the Civil Protection, Prevention and Disaster Mitigation Fund is created.

El Salvador - government
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Samoa: Planning and urban management act, 2004

This Act establishes a Planning and Urban Management Agency to implement a framework for planning the use, development, management and protection of land in Samoa in the present and long-term interests of all Samoans and for related purposes.

Samoa - government
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France: Loi n° 2003-699 du 30 juillet 2003 relative à la prévention des risques technologiques et naturels et à la réparation des dommages

In order to promote the prevention of technological and natural risks and the compensation of damages, this law is divided into two separate sections: technological risks and natural risks.

France - government
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Nicaragua: Decreto no. 103-2002, Reglamento de funcionamiento de las comisiones de trabajo sectoriales del sistema nacional para la prevención, mitigación, y atención de desastres

The purpose of this Regulation is to establish the terms and conditions of operation of the sectoral working commissions of the national system for the prevention, mitigation, and attention to disasters, created by Law No. 337.

Nicaragua - government
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Dominican Republic: Ley no. 147-02 sobre gestión de riesgos

This is the Law by which a national risk management policy is adopted and the National System for the Prevention, Mitigation and Attention of Disasters of the Dominican Republic is created.

Dominican Republic - government
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South Africa: Disaster management act, 2002 (Act no. 57 of 30 December 2002)

This act provides for an integrated and coordinated disaster management policy in South Africa that focuses on preventing and reducing the risk of disasters, mitigating the severity of disasters.

South Africa - government
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Venezuela: Ley de la organización nacional de protección civil y adminstración de desastres

The Decree Law establishes the Civil Protection and Disaster Management Organization, both at the national level and at the state and municipal levels.

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of - government
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