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The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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New radar-based systems have been deployed in Haifa, Ashdod and Hadera to provide early warning for tsunamis. This system will be interlinked with similar stations in other Mediterranean countries and will locate suspicious seawater activity such as exceedingly high waves or irregular tides and issue a preemptive warning.
'This initiative will bring knowledge, data, information and services generated by our own scientists with support of their colleagues from Germany,' said John Phiri, science minister of Zambia...