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Displaying 5 of about 5 resultsThis concept note presents the seven global targets of the Sendai Framework for measuring progress on reducing disaster risk and losses. These indicators align implementation of the Sendai Framework with implementation of the SDGs and the “Paris Agreement”.
IDDRR focus – The Sendai Seven
2016 – Target (a): Substantially reduce global dis…
The Sendai Seven Campaign is in its 6th year following its launch by the UN Secretary-General in 2016. Each year, the focus has been on one of the seven targets of the Sendai Framework agreed by UN Member States at a World Conference on DRR in Sendai, Japan.
In summary, the seven targets focus on
reducing disaster mortality;
reducing the numbers of…
UNDRR supports Member States and DRR stakeholders at building Disaster Risk Reduction capacities in Africa, including for application of data to support Early Warning and Early Action (EWEA). Impact-based forecasting (IBF) is an essential component of an EWEA system. IBF provides a forecast of the potential consequences of a hydrometeorological event, i…
With the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, the New Urban Agenda and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, member States identified a clear path for the prevention of new risks, the reduction of existing risk and the strengthening of resilience as prerequisites for sustai…
The COVID-19 pandemic was in many an unexpected event that caught the world off guard. The World Economic Forum’s 2020 Global Risks Report, for example, did not include pandemics in its list of 10 most likely risks.
However, while the pandemic was unexpected, it was not unavoidable.
A number of global framework and guidelines were developed in recent…