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10 October 2016
New York

“Live to Tell” - A Panel Discussion on the Occasion of the 2016 International Day for Disaster Reduction

The 2016 International Day for Disaster Reduction marks the launch of the “Sendai Seven Campaign”. Over the next seven years, each International Day for Disaster Reduction will promote one of the seven Sendai global targets and galvanise necessary action for its achievement. Under the theme “Live to Tell”, the 2016 International Day for Disaster Reduct…
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Finding the missing thread: The inclusion of a human rights-based approach in tackling climate change mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk reduction

This paper argues that a human rights-based approach (HRBA), i.e. participation in political life, consultation of affected groups in decision-making processes, access to justice, due process, transparency and accountability, provides excellent tools towards a real positive change in disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation and mitigatio…
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Four impediments to HFA success: Community ownership of risk, youth involvement, bipartisan support for implementation and holistic development funding

This essay illuminates four reoccurring obstructions to transitioning the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) into grassroots praxis and offers empirical case studies to highlight these: community ownership of risk, youth involvement, bipartisan support for implementation, and holistic development funding. The author proposes the following to ov…

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