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Guidance material
15 Mar 2024
This Handbook on Disaster Law Reform provides guidance on how to run an effective and inclusive legal review process, which harnesses the knowledge and experience of a broad range of actors and stakeholders to develop strong legal arrangements for di...
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Guidance material
01 Feb 2024
These guidelines and tools provide the necessary know-how to develop and strengthen a policy basis for DRR and risk-informed development. The present guidance provides pathways for climate information that is scientifically sound and publicly availab...
Tags: Guidance material, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Law
Case Study
11 Dec 2023
Asia Pacific faces significant challenges due to its susceptibility to disasters such as cyclones, floods and earthquakes with the impact of climate change further exacerbating these. The integration of early warning early action (EWEA) within domest...
Tags: Case Study, Disaster Law, Early Warning Systems
Case Study
11 Dec 2023
The African continent is uniquely vulnerable to a variety of disasters, including droughts, floods, and locust infestations, with climate change intensifying these risks. The implementation of early warning early action (EWEA) strategies within disas...
Tags: Case Study, Disaster Law, Early Warning Systems
12 Nov 2022
IFRC Disaster Law works with Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies and governmental authorities to ensure that laws and policies relating to disasters and climate change consider the needs of the most vulnerable people and provide opportuniti...
Tags: Disaster Law
Case Study
19 Jan 2022
A case study on strengthening community and institutional resilience to floods and other hazards in Nepal through effective municipal laws and policies. Nepal is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. In 2015, constitutional and gover...
Tags: Case Study, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Community Risk Assessment, Disaster Law, Flood, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management, Risk Assessment
Guidance material, Manual
19 Mar 2021
This Technical Note on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS): Practical Tools, Approaches and Case Studies were developed to assist humanitarian aid, development and disaster risk management organizations, ...
Tags: Guidance material, Manual, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Law, Post-Disaster Recovery
Guidance material
07 Mar 2021
The purpose of this Guide is to provide practical guidance to National Societies about how to strengthen their auxiliary role through domestic law, policies, plans and agreements. This Guide has a strong focus on sectoral laws, policies plans and agr...
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Awareness material
04 Feb 2021
Honduras se encuentra entre los primeros cinco países más vulnerables del planeta, según el índice de Riesgo Climático (IRC) que elabora cada año Germanwatch. Los efectos de los desastres impactan negativamente el desarrollo e incrementan la po...
Tags: Awareness material, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Community Engagement and Accountability, Disaster Law, Flood, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
Awareness material
04 Feb 2021
En Costa Rica las condiciones de vulnerabilidad, como el incremento de población sin planificación, la mala distribución y uso del suelo, y el terreno montañoso y con pendientes pronunciadas, han provocado desequilibrios ecológicos de gran magni...
Tags: Awareness material, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Community Engagement and Accountability, Disaster Law, Flood, Hurricane / Typhoon / Cyclone, Resilience and Disaster Risk Management
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