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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.
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Cities across South Africa are developing measures to protect residents from the ill effects of extreme heat.
Poor countries, such as Mozambique, lack the resources to install a sustainable health security system. Smart investments in regional disaster preparedness have the potential to save South Africa money, reduce refugee and migrant populations, and improve national economic performance.
Leading companies are establishing innovative partnerships with some role-players — especially municipalities, which play an important role in facilitating local economic development — to achieve shared objectives. There is a growing understanding of the role of business in developing community resilience, while ensuring the sustainability of business operations.
Rowena Hay, a hydrogeologist and disaster risk reduction expert, writes in an opinion piece on Business Day that it is time for Africans to speak coherently about the environmental and social threats they face, building on and adapting established global risk models. According to Hay, individual efforts in disaster risk reduction do make a difference and can eventually secure political will and public support...
'In the low-lying areas [such as] Eksteenskuil, some small farmers and subsistence farmers are not in a position to make any contribution due to the huge damage [to infrastructure]. Well-equipped and skilled contractors will have to be called in to do the repairs.'...
Cities cannot make the transition to a more climate-resilient future unaided. 'We are on the path to creating liveable, dynamic and lovable urban worlds. This is the COP-17 good news,' says Crispian Olver in his opinion for Business Day...
'The proposed $100bn-a-year Green Climate Fund is not enough to address climate change mitigation and most of it should rather be spent on adaptation measures where more value can be obtained from the funds'...
While there is no formal negotiating status for business and civil society at the UN climate change summit (COP-17) in Durban, 80% of the funds needed to deal with the effects of climate change will have to come from the private sector and households...
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