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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

Regional coordination should ensure that local efforts to instil civil protection and respond to emergencies are supported by mutual assistance and resources from higher levels of government. The business continuity plans will function in parallel to emergency response plans. The citizen 4.1 The private sector 5.1

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

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trillion in global economic losses,” according to a report conducted by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said. million lives, affecting 4.2

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Reality: Emergency response should have made a transition from a military activity to a fully civilian one. Myth 47: Business continuity management only applies to the private sector. Myth 59: Cost-benefit data will convince decision makers to invest in disaster risk reduction. It is not so.