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India Participates in G-20’s Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRRWG) ministerial meeting in Brazil

Posted 05 Nov 2024

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Participating G20 ministers and delegates adopted a Ministerial Declaration that called for greater action to implement Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR).

  • Declaration acknowledged need for mobilizing financial resources and adopting nature-based solutions and ecosystem based approaches for DRR.

About G-20’s DRRWG: 

  • Established in 2023 under India’s G-20 Presidency aims to integrate disaster risk reduction across the work of the G-20.
  • DRRWG’s 5 priority areas are Early warning system; disaster resilient infrastructure; DRR financing; disaster recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction; and nature-Based solutions and ecosystem approaches for DRR.

About Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-30)

  • It is a 15-year non-binding agreement having 7 targets, and is an improved version of the previous Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-15).
  • Adoption: at 3rd United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), held in 2015 in Sendai (Japan).
    • DRR is concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and reduce causal factors of disasters.
  • AIM: Substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets.
  • Priorities of Frame work
    • Understanding disaster risk,
    • Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk,
    • Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience,
    • Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, and to "Build Back Better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
7 targets of sendai framework are Target 1 to reduce mortality: First target aim to substantially reduce global disaster mortality by 2030, with an aim to lower average per 100,000 global mortality rate in the decade 2020-2030 compared to the period 2005-2015. Target 2 to reduce the number of affected people: Second target aim to reduce the number of affected people globally by 2030, with target to lower the average global figure per 100,000 in the decade 2020 -2030 compared to the period 2005-2015. Target 3 to reduce direct disaster economic loss: It target to reduce loss in global gross domestic product (GDP) due to disaster by 2030. Target 4 to substantially reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services: This include reducing damage to health and educational facilities through developing their resilience by 2030. Target 5 to spread disaster risk efforts: It envisage tosubstantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020. Target 6 to increase cooperation and support: It aim to enhance international cooperation to developing countries through adequate and sustainable support to complement their national actions for implementation of this Framework by 2030. Target 7 to increase accessibility: It target to substantially increase the availability and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to the people by 2030.
  • Tags :
  • Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Sendai Framework
  • G-20’s DRRWG
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