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Find DRR national legal frameworks

This page displays national legal frameworks on disaster risk, climate adaptation and resilience.

Governance of risk plays a central role in managing disaster risk. A national legal framework for disaster risk reduction (DRR) is a comprehensive set of laws, regulations, policies, and institutional arrangements that a country establishes to manage and mitigate disaster risks. It defines the roles and responsibilities of governmental and non-governmental entities and sets up national agencies for coordinating DRR activities.

Legal frameworks include regulations and standards to prevent disasters or minimize their impact, such as building codes and land-use planning regulations, and outlines preparedness and response measures like emergency plans and early warning systems. A robust national legal framework for DRR is essential for creating a structured and coordinated approach to managing disaster risks, enhancing resilience, and protecting lives, property, and livelihoods.

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Act on provision of disaster relief expenses (Law no. 82)

This law establishes criteria for regulating the provision of disaster relief funds.

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Bahamas: Disaster Management Act 2022

The Disaster Risk Management Act 2022 aims to develop, promote and implement an approach to disaster risk management of Bahamas and to promote the involvement and participation of all relevant sectors and stakeholders, at all levels of the society.

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Mexico: Lineamientos preventivos de operación ante fenómenos naturales perturbadores

Mexico’s National Coordination of Civil Protection published the new official guidelines for access to the Disaster Prevention Fund Program on November 24, 2021 in the Official Gazette.

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Kenya: National Disaster Risk Management Bill 2021

The Bill is for an act of Parliament to build National Disaster Risk Management Authority and County Disaster Risk Management Committees; to offer a legal framework for the coordination of disaster risk management activities and for connected purposes.

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Jamaica: Disaster Risk Management (Amendment) Act, 2021

The Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Act of 2021 amends Jamaica's earlier DRM law adopted in 2015. The law is intended to adequately implement and address measures to combat various calamitous events, including a pandemic; and for connected matters.

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Sudan: National REDD+ Strategy and Action Plan 2021

This National REDD+ Strategy (NRS) outlines how Sudan will implement REDD+ over a 10 year period from 2022 to 2032.

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South Africa: Disaster Management Regulations 2020

Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, invokes section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002, to issue regulations following the national state of disaster declaration on 15 March 2020.

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Mauritius: Climate Change Act

This Act seeks to define a legal framework towards making Mauritius a climate-change resilient, and low emission, country.

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