The momentum in the development and review of disaster risk management laws across Southeast Asia underscores the need for disaster-prone countries to put in place procedures to mitigate, adapt, manage and respond to disasters, and reduce disaster risks. The Philippines is in the process of wrapping up the ‘sunset review’ of its National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Law, while Indonesia is preparing for a formal review of its national disaster management law in 2016. The disaster management law in Cambodia has been under development for the past several years, with the signing by the King this week a long-awaited step towards national disaster law progress.