Dealing with disasters: new global strategy must empower local and regional authorities

LUXEMBOURG, 19 March 2015/ PRNewswire Policy/– The European Committee of the Regions has contributed to the UN’s 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction where a new international framework and indicators for disaster risk reduction were adopted. Representing the CoR within the EU’s delegation, Harvey Siggs- a member of Mendip Council in the UK- called…