Regional policies and plans

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.

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The Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan is designed to strategically accelerate efforts to:

  • Restore the health and resilience of California forests, grasslands and natural places;
  • Improve the fire safety of our communities; and
  • Sustain the
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With the aim of continuing the momentum made by the ASEAN in over a decade on regional disaster management collaborations, the AADMER Work Programme 2021-2025 was developed based on the foundation laid out by the AADMER itself. It is guided by the vision set by the AADMER to “build a region of disaster-resilient nations, mutually assisting and complementing one another, sharing a common bond in minimising adverse effects of disasters in pursuit of safer communities and sustainable development”. For 2021-2025, the mission is to “enhance and support ASEAN’s disaster risk reduction and disaster management capabilities through inter-sectoral cooperation, capacity building, scalable innovation, resource mobilisation, new partnerships, and stronger coordination among ASEAN Member States”.
Cover and source: UNDP
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Phase II of the “Building Capacities for Resilient Recovery” aims to better prepare governments to manage future recovery processes in an effective, sustainable and inclusive way.
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Los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panamá, República Dominicana y el Viceprimer Ministro de Belize, ante la expansión del Coronavirus (COVID-19) a nivel global, declarado como pandemia por la Organización

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Bangkok Statement adopted at the 15th Meeting of the Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management (RCC) held on 15-17 January 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The RCC mechanism seeks to enhance regional cooperation, promote peer advocacy, and

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This report addresses the occurrence of natural hazards which include; floods, flash floods, seismic activity, along the mountainous north and west, and land sliding as well as prolonged spells of impoverishing droughts in the arid zones of the province

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The Sharm El Sheikh declaration on Disaster Risk Reduction reflects the Arab disaster risk reduction challenges and puts commitments by the Arab States on the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. New stakeholder recommendations for the post

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The five-point strategy of the Chengdu Declaration of Action includes enhancing cooperation between cities, e.g. sister-city model, strengthening local capacity and national-local cooperation; incorporating disaster resilient initiatives into urban


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