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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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Indicator

Indicator 13.1.3: Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
Target

Target 13.1: Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries
Metadata update

2018-02-01
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
Related indicators

1.5; 11.5; 11.b; 13.1; 2.4; 3.6; 3.9; 3.d; 4.a; 6.6; 9.1; 9.a; 11.1; 11.3; 11.c; 13.2; 13.3; 13.a; 13.b; 14.2; 15.1; 15.2; 15.3; 15.9.
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