The Basque Country has laws, strategies and plans aimed at disaster prevention and response, which involve several Departments of the Basque Government and Local Administrations:
Civil Protection Plan of Euskadi-LABI: the framework for civil protection in the Basque Country
Land Use Plans: t includes the objective of limiting land uses based on existing vulnerabilities
and a more correct use of the land to avoid increasing risk.
Climate Change Strategy of the Basque Country to 2050: It includes as long-term objectives the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050, as well as increasing the resilience of the Basque territory to face the expected effects of climate change.
Methodological sheet of the indicator available for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country.
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The Basque Country does not produce continuous official statistics using the indicator methodology. |
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| Metadata last updated | 2025/06/18 |
This section provides more information about the United Nations indicator or the European Union Sustainable Development Indicator, such as its rationale, international results, metadata, and other relevant statistics.
| Rationale |
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 was adopted by UN Member States in March 2015 as a global policy of disaster risk reduction. The expected outcome of the Sendai Framework is to realize “The substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries”. Among the Sendai Framework global targets, “Target E: Substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020” aims to enhance the global progress and coverage of national and local disaster risk reduction strategies and policies. The objectives of the national DRR plans, strategies and policies are to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risk through the implementation of integrated and inclusive economic, structural, legal, social, health, cultural, educational, environmental, technological, political and institutional measures that prevent and reduce hazard exposure and vulnerability to disaster, increase preparedness for response and recovery, and thus strengthen resilience. The indicator will build bridge between the SDGs and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Increasing number of national governments that adopt and implement national and local DRR strategies, which the Sendai Framework calls for, will contribute to sustainable development from economic, environmental and social perspectives. Source: United Nations Statistics Division |
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