"Governments must accelerate their efforts to make disaster risk reduction a national priority"
A year ago, in Kobe Hyogo Japan, 168 governments signed the Hyogo Framework, a plan of action to reduce the impact of natural hazards on populations over the next decade. Since its adoption, 40 countries have revised their policies to put disaster risk reduction at the top of their political and development agendas.
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