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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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FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods

The new rule will result in higher-elevated and better-fortified buildings, and could help break a cycle of destruction and reconstruction that has cost the government billions of dollars over the past few decades.
Grist Magazine
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Farmworkers in the US cultivate their own heat safety standards

While regulations to protect agricultural workers from the heat have been held up by political wrangling, Gonzalo and colleagues have spearheaded an alternate strategy. They seek to instead appeal directly to consumers and brands.
Context
Women conduct a disaster risk assessment in a rural village in Lao PDR.
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Climate action from a gender perspective: A systematic review of the impact of climate policies on inequality

This systematic review highlights the scarcity of research integrating a gender perspective into climate policy impact assessments and calls for more gender-sensitive analyses and the application of feminist theory to address this gap.
weADAPT
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Documents and publications

Breaking the cycle of risk: mapping a pathway for climate-vulnerable countries to address resilience and debt

A new report, “Breaking the cycle of risk: Addressing resilience and debt for a new global financial architecture”, shows that we have the opportunity to move climate vulnerable countries out of debt by reforming the financial architecture.
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Documents and publications

2019 monsoon trough rainfall and flood event formal: Independent report on the effectiveness of recovery after three years

This report presents the results of the assessment of the effectiveness of the state government activities to support the recovery of the 39 local government areas (LGAs) impacted by the North and Far North Queensland monsoon trough in 2019.
Local government workers and members of the national police distribute relief goods to residents.
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Empowering local governments for effective disaster management and climate resilience

Local governments need a combination of strategic policy reforms and capacity building to effectively perform disaster risk reduction and management functions.
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Policies and plans

Barbados: National disaster management policy

The Barbados Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Policy 2022 ensures that there is a strategic direction to keeping people safe and making communities more resilient to disaster and climate related risks and impacts.
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A new federal rule could offer protection from extreme heat to millions of workers

The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a new rule that would require employers to develop injury and illness prevention plans in order to better protect workers from heat-related injuries and death.
NPR
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