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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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19 December 2019

New Zealand: Rules for building on liquefaction-prone ground

Improvements made to rules for building on liquefaction-prone ground in New Zealand, supporting safer and more resilient buildings.

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11 September 2019

India: Air pollution and Assam floods

Research suggests that Assam's flooding is linked with higher levels of pollution, which causes changes in monsoon clouds. Reducing pollution will limit precipitation.

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18 December 2017

New Zealand: Empowering communities to act in a disaster can save lives

How much of the responsibility for a community’s safety in a natural disaster is the Government’s, and how much can be left up to the community themselves? In a shift in the philosophy driving Civil Defence in New Zealand, some councils around are now encouraging communities to build resilience ahead of a disaster.

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11 September 2015

New Zealand: New hazard app helps Kiwis prepare for and survive disasters

New Zealand Red Cross is launching Hazard App, a free app to help Kiwis make it safely through disasters, reports Scoop Media. The Hazard App will help people respond to everything from road closures and weather events to tsunamis, earthquakes and pandemics, and provides life-saving information during and after emergency situations...

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29 May 2013

Samoa: Enhancing the resilience of tourism reliant communities

A new GEF-UNDP project is aiming to increase the resilience of the tourism sector of Samoa through mainstreaming climate change risks into tourism-related policy processes and adaptation actions in coastal communities and tourism operations...

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13 February 2013

Threats to Choiseul Province in the Solomon Islands

'Recognising the close connectivity of livelihoods and natural resources and the links between terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems; ecosystem based adaptation; and a ridge to reef management approach is an appropriate adaptation response'...

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24 January 2013

Mangroves in the Marshall Islands to protect local community

The Mangrove Rehabilitation and Replanting Project on Namdrik and Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands, financed by the Government of Australia through its International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative is aiming to increase community resilience to climate change, flood and sea level rise and to improve food security...

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15 October 2012

New Zealand: Settlement Support helps Chinese migrants to be prepared

'Migrants may be well informed about hazards from their home country but not realise what the local risks are here in New Zealand, and how we manage them. While organisations can help in an emergency, individuals also need to protect themselves and their property from the effects of disasters,' said Ellen Altshuler, Settlement Support Coordinator...