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The Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held in Sendai, Japan, in the year 2015, and it was a reminder to the international community that the disasters hit the hardest at the local level and hence it is important to strengthen capacities at the local level on an urgent basis.
Some Facts:
- Allocation for emergency response is approximately 20 times higher than for prevention and preparedness, countering sustainability principles.
- There is no such thing as a natural disaster, only natural hazards.
- Risk is the combination of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability.
- Death, loss, and damage are the function of the context of hazard, exposure, and vulnerability.
- Data and analytics tend to compartmentalize risk to make it seem simple and quantifiable – which is dangerous – a focus on numbers emphasizes direct short-term consequences.
Related Resources
Documents
- Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030)
- Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015)
- Framework for action for the Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) (2001)
- General Assembly: International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
- General Assembly: International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
- General Assembly: Disaster risk reduction
Websites
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
- UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai Japan
- Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030
- Sendai Framework Monitor
- Prevention Web
- UNOOSA: United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER)
- OCHA: UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC)
2021 Edition- International cooperation for developing countries to reduce their disaster risk and disaster losses
The impact of disasters is not proportionate on all countries, and it is the low and middle-income countries that suffer the most. The impact could be in terms of morality, many people injured, displaced, and homeless, economic losses, and infrastructure damage. Hence it is crucial to have international cooperation for developing countries to boost disaster resilience.
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