STAG Data Working Group report

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) through its Science and Technology Advisory Group (STAG) established a working group on ‘Data’ that has been active during 2018 and 2019. This is a part of the UNDRR drive to enhance implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) and achieve risk-informed development through science-based decision making at local, national and regional level. The Data Working Group (DWG) has been coordinated with a selection of people working with approaches to disasters and who are active in making data work for DRR. This DWG report completed in draft at the end of 2019 and now finalised presents concept, activities and the implications derived from networking, interviews and sharing of policy, practice and ideas in international forums that contributed to the outlook presented here.