DRIMMS vol. 1: Global review of drought policies and strategies

The notable impact is In Europe, drought has manifested in the past that the increases in drought duration, intensity three decades through increased water scarcity and severity in Central America, the Amazon, and affects at least 11% of the population and Southern Africa and the Mediterranean, co- 17% of EU territory (Stein et al., 2016). [...] THE GOALS ARE MAPPED ONTO THE ‘THREE KEY PILLARS’ OF DROUGHT RISK REDUCTION TO DEMONSTRATE THE LINKS BETWEEN THE FRAMEWORK AND THE PILLARS (CROSSMAN, 2018) Drought Risk Management and Mitigation Strategy (DRIMMS) Vol 1 • 24 3.3.3 Drought Resilient and drought impacts and strengthening partnerships Prepared Africa (DRAPA) and cooperation for enhanced drought resilience. [...] The strategic objectives of the framework are to: (i) encourage the development of a national All elements in the DRAPA should be aligned drought policy for drought risk management and properly to the three pillars of drought risk enhance capacity at all levels of government to management for the development of an effective mitigate the effects of drought; (ii) institutionalise drought management. [...] preparedness within Central and Eastern (iii) The policy on the environment is orientated Europe is within the objective of the EU Water to the pursuit of the objectives of preserving, Framework Directive, which includes: protecting and improving the quality of the 01 Promoting drought risk management policies, environment. [...] In 2018, FAO focused on humanitarian assistance and coordination in Drought Risk Management and Mitigation Strategy (DRIMMS) Vol 1 • 32 building resilience in the East and North Africa In the Kenyan Vision 2030, the Medium Term regions by providing technical, administrative and Plan II for Drought Risk Management and Ending financial capacities and drought management Drought Emergencies (Figure 15.