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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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In Australia, it is necessary to nail down who bears the financial risk of climate-related disasters. Should it be government, the public, or the insurance industry?
Many focus on lack of hazard-reduction burning as a reason for bushfires, however such a response is an oversimplification of factors contributing to current wildfires.
'It's not that Australia claims to have all the solutions or a blueprint but it is constantly trying to figure out how to ensure that the public understands what risk is, how to protect itself and what the society needs to do', said UNISDR chief, Margareta Wahlström, during her recent visit to Australia...
'Whether it was the angry summer, previous mega fires that ripped through Victoria and the ACT, the intensity of cyclone Yasi or the extreme floods that devastated Queensland in 2010 and 2011, after every natural disaster commentators and some politicians refuse to acknowledge climate change might be playing a role,' according to the director of Clean Economy Services...
If Sandy should act as a wake-up call for the need to increase business commitments, there is also a need for a co-ordinated effort among every level of society, business and government, especially as negotiators from around the world will soon gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP18)...
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