(f) Reducing vulnerability and protecting the environment

Risk reduction, therefore, entails reducing vulnerability to hazards.

Disaster reduction, reducing vulnerability and building resilience in the event of natural disasters contribute to the achievement of sustainable development.

Recognizing also the need to integrate a gender perspective in the design and implementation of all phases of disaster risk reduction management, with a view to reducing vulnerability,

Commitment 6 Reducing vulnerability and protecting the environment

The vulnerability of slum dwellers should be reduced through the promotion of land use planning policies aimed at environmental sustainability and risk reduction.

Emphasizing that disaster risk reduction, including reducing vulnerability to natural disasters, is an important element that contributes to the achievement of sustainable development,

(b) Enhancing social protection, reducing vulnerability and enhancing employment opportunities for groups with specific needs

Emphasizing that disaster reduction, including reducing vulnerability to natural disasters, is an important element that contributes to the achievement of sustainable development,

Emphasizing that disaster reduction, including reducing vulnerability to natural disasters, is an important element that contributes to the achievement of sustainable development,

Elements of vulnerability

We stress the need for a united response and our desire to reduce the vulnerability of Central America and to promote the process of reconstruction and transformation in that region.

7. Stresses that, in order to reduce vulnerability to natural hazards, risk assessments should be integrated into disaster risk reduction programmes at national and local levels

Emphasizing that disaster risk reduction, including reducing vulnerability to natural disasters, is an important cross cutting element that contributes to the achievement of sustainable development,

Emphasizing that disaster reduction, including reducing vulnerability to natural disasters, is an important element that contributes to the achievement of sustainable development,

So, what policies must emerging Asian economies pursue to reduce their vulnerability to regional and global volatility?

The recovery process represents a shift in focus from saving lives to restoring livelihoods, building resilience and reducing vulnerability.

Similarly, the diminution of coastal forests had made localities in the coastal area more vulnerable to cyclones.

With regard to the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the country was developing remote sensing capacities to help identify hazard vulnerability and risk populations and, ultimately, reduce the disaster impact.

O heavens, is't possible a young maid's wits should be as mortal as an old man's life?

Economic vulnerability issues

How many of you think of vulnerability and weakness synonymously?

The Moral Vulnerability of Markets

The draft resolution underlines the importance of reducing the vulnerability of States and populations to the risks posed by nature, in particular through a culture of prevention and preparation at all levels.

25. Stresses the need to address risk reduction of and vulnerabilities to all natural hazards, including geological and hydrometeorological hazards, in a comprehensive manner

26. Stresses the need to address risk reduction of and vulnerabilities to all natural hazards, including geological and hydrometeorological hazards, in a comprehensive manner

H. Poverty and environmental vulnerability

Emphasizing that disaster reduction, including reducing vulnerability to natural disasters, is an important element that contributes to the achievement of sustainable development,

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Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.

58 215. Natural disasters and vulnerability

59 233. Natural disasters and vulnerability

60 196. Natural disasters and vulnerability

61 200. Natural disasters and vulnerability

Young children's vulnerability to risks.

Vulnerability assessment and adaptation measures

Strengthening old age income protection and reducing old age vulnerability and poverty have been an integral part of the agenda of the World Bank for much of the last two decades.

Mr. Werema (United Republic of Tanzania) asked what specific interventions should be made to alleviate the human rights situation in the current fragile situation.

Emphasizing the importance of addressing vulnerability and integrating risk reduction into all phases of natural disaster management, post natural disaster recovery and development planning,

b. Developing aquifer vulnerability maps

Dependence on a limited number of countries for voluntary contributions and a reduction in general purpose contributions have placed UNDCP in a vulnerable position.

The situation is fragile utterly fragile.

Primary prevention and keeping parents alive are two of the most important strategies for reducing the vulnerability of children affected by HIV AIDS.

As a participant in the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, IFRC viewed risk and vulnerability reduction not as a cost, but as an investment.

Recognizing that microcredit and microfinance programmes can generate productive self employment and assist people in eradicating poverty and reducing their social and economic vulnerability,