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According to the Faroese Emergency Management Agency, there is still no general national strategy for disaster risk reduction for municipalities to follow.
However, a number of municipalities have in their local strategies incorporated preventive measures við respect to local riscs.
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The national metadata provides further information about this table and the indicator published by Statistics Faroe Islands. Indicators are compiled according to international methodology whenever the necessary data are available for the Faroe Islands. Any deviations are documented in the notes.

Metadata update

20210211 09:00
Data reporter

Eyð Maritudóttir Grønadal
Unit of measure

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Data collection calendar

20210426 09:00
Data release calendar

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Data providers

Statistics Faroe Islands: www.hagstova.fo/en
Comment and limitations

Symbols

  • -Zero (not rounded)
  • 0Rounded to zero
  • •Not applicable
  • ••Not available or too uncertain
  • •••Not disclosed, confidentiality/privacy protected

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Indicator

Indicator 1.5.4: Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies

Target

Target 1.5: By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climate-related extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters
Metadata update

2024-12-20
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction (UNDRR)
Related indicators

11.b.2, 13.1.3
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Data release calendar

Data are released once a year.
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