Sentence examples for commitment to disaster from inspiring English sources

Globally, the promulgation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 2015 paves the way for an international commitment to disaster risk reduction (DRR).

This article considers the challenges Africa faces in implementing the Sendai Framework and recommends that besides "Africanizing" Sendai goals and strengthening the region's political commitment to disaster risk reduction (DRR), Africa should also develop a single framework that integrates DRR, sustainable development, climate change adaptation, and conflict prevention.

On Sunday, thousands of protesters commemorated the two-month mark with a march on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to urge the federal government to increase its commitment to disaster relief for the U.S. territory.

At the national level, children must be recognised as a unique social group and formally represented in climate-change policy   development and in processes to advance South Africa's commitment to disaster risk reduction.

Open image in new window Fig. 1 Twenty five years of international commitments to disaster risk reduction [Source Adapted from presentation by Andrew Maskrey, Lead Author and Head of the Risk Knowledge (UNISDR 2015)].

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 2030 (SFDRR), adopted by 187 countries in Sendai, Japan, has reinforced the commitment to building disaster resilience.

She also commended Arab countries for their strengthened commitment and support to disaster management operations in response to the South Asia tsunami and the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan.

"With the hubris that marks empires over the millennia, Washington has increased its troops in Afghanistan to 100,000, expanded the war into Pakistan, and extended its commitment to 2014 and beyond, courting disasters large and small in this guerrilla-infested, nuclear-armed graveyard of empires," Alfred McCoy wrote in The Nation last December.

With the hubris that marks empires over the millennia, Washington has increased its troops in Afghanistan to 100,000, expanded the war into Pakistan, and extended its commitment to 2014 and beyond, courting disasters large and small in this guerrilla-infested, nuclear-armed graveyard of empires.

Elections could also modify Japan's and France's continuing commitment to nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster.

In a Congressional hearing this week, Energy Secretary Steven Chu affirmed the Obama Administration's commitment to nuclear energy, despite the ongoing disaster in Japan.