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The Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus (REC Caucasus) is an independent, non-for-profit organisation, established to assist in solving environmental problems as well as development of the civic society in the countries of the South Caucasus.
Climate change and its potential negative impacts such as increased storm surge, floods will be affecting the most vulnerable communities living in rural areas of developing countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. It is thus important to recognize the importance of climate change adaptation and its relationship with disaster risk reduction. Disaster risk and climate change are two threats that correlate positively reinforcing each other. Thus, DRR can be used as a powerful tool to understand the threats being faced by communities living in those areas in a way that preparedness and adaptation methods can be devised accordingly.
Views from the Frontline:
Views from the frontline project is focused to promote building a preventive culture within the population aimed to provide the necessary evidence and knowledge for more effective Disaster Risk Reduction /DRR/ policy and practice at national and international levels within the context of the HFA framework and promote learning and planning approach to identify the main challenges and constraints facing at-risk communities and develop practical recommendations and ways to improve progress.
Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Man-made and Natural-Disasters in the ENPI East Region
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.