Governance

The institutional structures and processes that drive decision-making and management of DRR programs at regional, national and local level. This theme also includes institutions, legislations, policies and coordination mechanisms such as regional and national platforms.

Latest Governance additions in the Knowledge Base

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Documents and publications

This report analyzes the degree of coherence between national policies and plans focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), disaster risk reduction (DRR), and climate change adaptation (CCA) in Europe and Central Asia.

UNDRR Bonn Office
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Documents and publications

Central banks play an critical role in the low-carbon transition. This paper shows the critical role of central bank communications in signalling and shaping market expectations and valuations in that context.

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
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Documents and publications

This report focuses on the exploration of existing low-emission cooling solutions to extreme heat through the review of international and UK evidence, with a particular focus on London in addition to 14 case studies from around the world.

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Heat wave, France
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Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization have issued their second joint annual report on the European State of the Climate.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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Documents and publications

Europe is the fastest-warming continent, and the impacts of climate change are clear. The European State of the Climate 2024 (ESOTC 2024) report involves around 100 scientific contributors providing holistic yet concise insights into Europe’s climate.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Boy walks through street in Tuvalu after hurricane Pam 2015
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The details of a new visa enabling Tuvaluan citizens to permanently migrate to Australia were released this week. The visa was created as part of a bilateral treaty Australia and Tuvalu signed in late 2023.

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An internal memo reviewed by Grist showed the National Weather Service has stopped translating radio alerts in the southern region, a move that has enraged workers in the local offices.

Grist Magazine
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Five years since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic, Europe is still taking stock of what's changed and what hasn't. A new report asks if new threats find Europe just as vulnerable as before.

Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT)
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