Good laws and legal frameworks are essential to how we reduce the risks, and how we prepare and respond. Presidents and parliaments cannot order the atmosphere to cool down or the earth to stay still but they can do a great deal to reduce the human suffering that growing disasters bring. Good legislation has the power to help communities become less vulnerable, to strengthen their ability to deal with the hazards they face and to smooth the path of rescue services, humanitarian aid and recovery help when they are needed. Weak legal frameworks and policies, on the other hand, can put people closer to harm’s way, undermine efforts to help them and lead to unfair and unsatisfying results in the aftermath of a disaster. This is why encouraging stronger, more inclusive, and fairer disaster legislation is so important to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). As independent auxiliaries to public authorities in the humanitarian field, its member National Societies are responsible for providing governments with the best advice they can gather from their long experience in dealing with disasters. This report highlights three areas where we know that law can make a key difference in Asia Pacific and where the Red Cross and Red Crescent is supporting governments to tackle the problems.