The Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Several thousand participants attended, including at related events linked to the World Conference under the umbrella of building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters. The United Nations General Assembly Resolution for 2013 on International Strategy for Disaster Reduction states that the World Conference will result in a concise, focused, forward-looking, and action-oriented outcome document and will have the following objectives: * To complete assessment and review of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action; * To consider the experience gained through the regional and national strategies/institutions and plans for disaster risk reduction and their recommendations as well as relevant regional agreements within the implementation of the Hyogo Framework of Action; * To adopt a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction; * To identify modalities of cooperation based on commitments to implement a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction; * To determine modalities to periodically review the implementation of a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. Presentation courtesy of Dr Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction

1. SENDAI FRAMEWORK
FOR GLOBAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION:
2015-2030
20 March 2015

2. MARCH 15, 2015: OVER 6,500
CONTRIBUTORS PARTICIPATED IN
THE SECOND WORLD
CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RISK
REDUCTION (WCDRR) CONVENED
IN SENDAI, JAPAN

3. NOTE: This Presentation is
Based on the Proceedings
of the WCDRR

4. DISASTER RISK is still---
--- the set of failures that occur when
1) recurring events (e.g., floods,
earthquakes, ...,) intersect at a point in
space and time, when and where 2) the
people and 3) communities (i.e., a set of
habitats, livelihoods, and social
constructs) are not prepared to respond
or “build back better.”

5. FACT:
THE NEED FOR GLOBAL DIASTER
RISK REDUCTION IN 2015 IS
GREATER THAN EVER

6. FACT:
EXPOSURE OF PEOPLE AND
ASSETS IN ALL COUNTRIES HAS
INCREASED FASTER THAN
VULNERABILITY HAS
DECREASED, THUS
GENERATING NEW RISK

7. FACT:
IMPACTS OF DISASTERS OVER
THE PAST TEN YEARS
• Over 700 thousand people lost
their lives, over 1.4 million were
injured, and approximately 23
million were made homeless

8. FACT: IMPACTS OF DISASTERS
OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS
• Overall, more than 1.5 billion
people were affected by
disasters in various ways, and
with women, children and
people in vulnerable situations
being disproportionately
affected.

9. FACT: IMPACTS OF DISASTERS
OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS
• 144 million people were
displaced by disasters between
2008 and 2012.

10. FACT: IMPACTS OF DISASTERS
OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS
• The total economic loss was
more than $1.3 trillion.

11. THE 2015 SENDAI
FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
CALLS FOR FOUR GLOBAL
PRIORITIES

12. FOUR PRIORTIES
1) Understand Disaster Risk
2) 2) Strengthen Disaster Risk
Governance to Manage Disaster
Risk
3) 3) Invest in Disaster Risk
Reduction for Resilience
4) Invest in Disaster Preparedness to
Enhance Response

13. PRIORITY ONE:UNDERSTAND
DISASTER RISK (Sendai, 2010)

14. FACT: GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE
DISASTER RISK IS DECREASING
• IGNORANCE
• FAILURE TO LEARN
• APATHY
• GAPS IN EDUCATION
• LACK OF REALISTIC TRAINING

15. FACT: GLOBAL DISASTER RISK IS
INCREASING
• FLOODS
• SEVERE
WINDSTORMS
• EARTHQUAKES
• DROUGHTS
• VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS
• ETC.

16. FOUR PRIORTIES
1) Understand Disaster Risk
2) 2) Strengthen Disaster Risk
Governance to Manage Disaster
Risk
3) 3) Invest in Disaster Risk
Reduction for Resilience
4) Invest in Disaster Preparedness to
Enhance Response

17. THE GOAL: DISASTER RISK
MANAGEMENT
INNOVATIVE ACTIONS: CREATE, ADJUST,
AND REALIGN PROGRAMS, PARTNERS AND
PEOPLE UNTIL YOU HAVE CREATED THE
EFFECTIVE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT

18. YOUR
COMMUNITYDATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•FLOODS
•SEVERE WIND
STORMS
•EARTHQUAKES
…ETC
A DISASTER
CAUSES
FAILURES IN POLICIES
FAILURES IN PRACTICES
GLOBAL PRIORITIES
• ADOPTION
•IMPLEMENTATION
DISASTER RISK
MANAGEMENT

19. FOUR PRIORTIES
1) Understand Disaster Risk
2) 2) Strengthen Disaster Risk
Governance to Manage Disaster
Risk
3) 3) Invest in Disaster Risk
Reduction for Resilience
4) Invest in Disaster Preparedness to
Enhance Response

20. RESILIENCE ENHANCEMENT
• Anticipatory Preparedness
• Timely Adoption and Implementation of
Modern Engineering Building Codes &
Standards
• Timely Early Warning and Evacuation
• Timely Emergency Response (including
Emergency Medical Services)
• Timely Vulnerability Reduction

21. FOUR PRIORTIES
1) Understand Disaster Risk
2) 2) Strengthen Disaster Risk
Governance to Manage Disaster
Risk
3) 3) Invest in Disaster Risk
Reduction for Resilience
4) Invest in Disaster Preparedness to
Enhance Response

22. FOURTH PRIORTY
4) Invest in Disaster
Preparedness to Enhance
Response and “Build Back
Better” in Recovery, Re-
habilitation, and Reconstruction

24. FACT: EVERY COMMUNITY CAN INVEST IN
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
• GOVERNMENT
CENTERS
• DWELLINGS
• SCHOOLS
• HEALTH CARE
FACILITIES
• BUSINESSES
• INFRA-STRUCTURE
• PEOPLE

25. EVERY COMMUNITY WILL HAVE WEAK
LINKS TO FIX AFTER A DISASTER