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Natural Disaster Risk Reduction
While natural disasters erode development gains and compromise a country’s prospects for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, it is through risk-sensitive development planning that countries can help reduce disaster risks. Otherwise, a rush for growth can increase vulnerability to natural disasters and exacerbate their impact. In order to make informed development choices, national actors and local communities need disaster risk reduction knowledge and capabilities. UNDP supports national counterparts to develop both a disaster risk perspective and the human, financial, technical and legislative capacity; civil society preparedness; and coordination systems required to effectively manage and reduce risk. In an effort to keep abreast of emerging issues related to disaster risk, UNDP also collaborates with partners working on climate change to integrate climate-related risks into its own development strategies. Watch a video about the impact climate change and natural disasters can have on women's lives, featuring Frank Maxx Dilley, Leader of the Disaster Team.
Watch a video about helping women recover from natural disasters featuring Devanand Ramiah, Specialist for the Asia and Pacific Region.
Find out more about UNDP response to Climate Change in our Fast Facts: Climate Change(pdf) Local Level Risk Management: Draft (short version), UNDP, 2006 Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development, UNDP, 2004
Towards the formulation of an Andean Strategy for disaster prevention and response, UNDP, 2004 Latin America and the Caribbean
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