1. Home
  2. Update

In Sendai, Philippines shows lessons from Yolanda

Source(s): Rappler Inc.
Upload your content

In the negotiation towards the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the successor of 10-year-old Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), disaster-prone Philippines helped provide a richer discussion.

Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said that countries at the conference appreciated the Philippines for its strong government coordination, its various disaster risk reduction legal frameworks, and the pre-disaster risk assessment that it first implemented during Typhoon Ruby (Hagupit) in December 2014.

Attachments

View full story English

Document links last validated on: 16 July 2021

Editors' recommendations

Explore further

Hazards Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon
Themes Governance Recovery
Country and region Philippines

Please note: Content is displayed as last posted by a PreventionWeb community member or editor. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of UNDRR, PreventionWeb, or its sponsors. See our terms of use

Is this page useful?

Yes No
Report an issue on this page

Thank you. If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window).

Loading