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This page displays regional policies and plans on disaster risk, climate adaptation and resilience.

Governance of risk plays a central role in managing disaster risk. Regional policies and plans for disaster risk reduction are collaborative strategies developed by countries within a specific region to address and mitigate the impacts of disasters collectively. These policies aim to enhance regional resilience through coordinated efforts such as establishing early warning systems, sharing best practices and conducting joint training exercises.

They include harmonized standards for building codes, land-use planning, and environmental management to reduce vulnerabilities. Such regional initiatives foster cooperation, resource sharing, and collective action to effectively manage and reduce disaster risks across borders.

Policies and plans

CIDI: Declaration of Santo Domingo for the sustainable development of the Americas

A declaration of the ministers and high-level authorities responsible for the sustainable development of the Americas, adopted during the eighth plenary session held on November 19, 2010, which considers the links between vulnerability, poverty, inequity

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APEC: The Yokohama vision - Bogor and beyond

A declaration of the Leaders of APEC, gathered in Yokohama under the 2010 theme of "Change and Action" to articulate our vision of further building and integrating the Asia-Pacific region in the 21st Century, and the paths to realize that vision, in which

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Declaracíon de Cartagena: Declaración conjunta del XII Cumbre de Tuxtla

A declaration of the Leaders of APEC, gathered in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, October 24-26, 2010, during the "XII Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno del Mecanismo de Dialogo y Concertacion de Tuxtla", in which they "emphasise the importance of

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EUR-OPA: Recommendation 2010 on reducing vulnerability in the face of climate change

A recommendation for the member States of the European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement (EUR-OPA) to: (i) identify problems and vulnerabilities; (ii) reinforce the disaster risk reduction agenda and integrate it with the climate change agenda;

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Ministerial council declaration: 11th trilateral governmental conference on the protection of the Wadden Sea

This declaration was made at the 11th Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea, by the Trilateral Wadden Sea Governmental Council (TWGC) and the ministers responsible for the protection of the Wadden Sea of the Netherlands

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2010 Joint declaration on the protection of the Wadden Sea working together to meet present and future challenges

This declaration was made by the Trilateral Wadden Sea Cooperation and signed by the Governments of Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands at the 11th Trilateral Governmental Conference on the Protection of the Wadden Sea on 18 March 2010.

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Mekong River Commission (MRC) Hua Hin declaration 'Meeting the needs, keeping the balance: Towards sustainable development of the Mekong River Basin'

A declaration made by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) including heads of the Governments of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, at the First Summit of the Mekong

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Estrategia Andina para la prevención y atención de desastres

In Spanish:

Decisión número 713 del Consejo Andino de Ministros de Relaciones Exteriores:

La Estrategia Andina para la prevención y atención de desastres, adoptada el 10 de julio de 2004, a través de la Decisión 591, por el Consejo Andino de Ministros

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