Measures to support risk reduction

Risk reduction

Disaster risk reduction

Corruption risk reduction

Opacity risk reduction

Integrating risk reduction into recovery

(viii) Developing preventive and preparedness measures, as well as risk mitigation and disaster reduction, including early warning systems

Investing in preparedness and risk reduction

Some progress is being made towards overcoming vulnerability to natural hazards by integrating disaster reduction measures into development strategies. Those efforts involve linking climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, as well as ensuring that implementation of the Millennium Development Goals supports disaster risk reduction.

Moreover, we actively support CSCE confidence and security building measures, including those related to unusual military activities and risk reduction.

Establishment of risk reduction (conflict prevention) centres

Such an approach should include assistance in mapping hazards and risks and the formulation and or revision of risk reduction measures.

Risk reduction, therefore, entails reducing vulnerability to hazards.

Integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction

Some multilateral developments related to disaster risk reduction

(c) Mainstream disaster risk reduction measures appropriately into multilateral and bilateral development assistance programmes including those related to poverty reduction, natural resource management, urban development and adaptation to climate change

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Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer future

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer future

Recognizing further that certain measures for disaster risk reduction in the context of the Hyogo Framework for Action can also support adaptation to climate change, and emphasizing the importance of strengthening the resilience of nations and communities to natural disasters through disaster risk reduction programmes,

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The secretariat of ISDR uses satellite imagery in disaster risk reduction.

New developments include partnerships in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to promote disaster risk reduction and to design subregional common policies on disaster risk reduction.

It reflects their intention to take a holistic approach in identifying and putting into action complex multidisciplinary disaster risk reduction measures over the next 10 years.

(iii) Measures for the reduction of commercial bank

Their actions typically fall into the risk mitigation or loss severity reduction phases of the risk management process.

There are no measures that alter this risk.

There was further debate on disaster risk reduction in an urban context.

(c) Adopt, or modify where necessary, legislation to support disaster risk reduction, including regulations and mechanisms that encourage compliance and that promote incentives for undertaking risk reduction and mitigation activities.

(i) Measures for the reduction of official bilateral debt

(ii) Measures for the reduction of official multilateral debt

(iii) Measures for the reduction of commercial bank debt

More relevant to the Peacebuilding Commission, however, is the issue of risk reduction.

There is an evolutionary approach from response and relief to disaster risk reduction.

The measures were grouped in accordance with the categories of objectives established for the overarching policy strategy risk reduction knowledge and information governance capacity building and illegal international traffic.

To ensure the sustained effective implementation of such measures, it is important that disaster risk reduction initiatives build on the development needs and initiatives generated at the local level.

Hence additional measures are needed to reach a 20 reduction.

(c) Promote and improve dialogue and cooperation among scientific communities and practitioners working on disaster risk reduction, and encourage partnerships among stakeholders, including those working on the socioeconomic dimensions of disaster risk reduction.

(h) Incorporate disaster risk reduction measures into post disaster recovery and rehabilitation processes and use opportunities during the recovery phase to develop capacities that reduce disaster risk in the long term, including through the sharing of expertise, knowledge and lessons learned.

The World Conference on Disaster Reduction, which began today in Kobe, Japan, provides an opportunity for all Member States to identify measures to guard against the risk of natural disasters.

This creates a risk that poverty reduction strategies aimed at these peoples will fail.

We reaffirm the vital role of the United Nations system in disaster risk reduction.