Words into action guidelines implementation guide for addressing water-related disasters and transboundary cooperation
Subtitle: integrating disaster risk management with water management and climate change adaptation in support of the Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 2015-2030
By: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Contributors: United Nations. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New York; Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9789211171778; 9789210474054
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Emergency management; International cooperation; Watershed management; Flood damage prevention; Climate change mitigation; Climatic changes; Risk management
Description: "...Aims to raise awareness on the importance of river basin management and transboundary cooperation in Disaster Risk Reduction, while taking into account climate change adaptation. It provides information on steps that governments and other stakeholders at the different levels can take to harness the values of river basin management and transboundary cooperation, together with good practices from all over the world and lessions learned in this field." -- publisher's website.
Notes: "ECE/MP.WAT/56 ... Sales No.E.18.II.E.30"--Title page verso.

"The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 was adopted at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015 and was subsequently endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly. In order to support the process, a number of targeted Sendai Framework implementation guides are being developed to generate practical and evidence-based guidance for its implementation in close collaboration with States and through the mobilization of experts, thus reinforcing a culture of prevention among relevant stakeholders. The majority of disasters are water-related and more than 60 of the global freshwater flow is occurring in transboundary basins. This Words into Action Guide has been prepared in the framework of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) serviced by UNECE in cooperation with UNISDR to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework. It aims to raise awareness on the importance of river basin management and transboundary cooperation in Disaster Risk Reduction, while taking into account climate change adaptation. It provides information on steps that governments and other stakeholders at the different levels can take to harness the values of river basin management and transboundary cooperation, together with good practices from all over the world and lessons learned in this field"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available electronically via the World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: International commitments and legal frameworks; title: Main principles and approaches; title: Responsibilities and stakeholders; title: Understanding the risks and hazards; title: Developing strategies to reduce risk; title: Implementation; title: Monitoring and evaluation.