Towards Resilience and Wellbeing for a sustainable future

Understanding the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

With the support of

Sarah Wade-Apicella, Programme Management OfficerGlobal Education and Training Institute (UNISDR GETI)

a simple picture of disaster risk

Exposure x VulnerabilityHazard x

= Disaster Risk

Disaster Risk

Towards Resilience

mitigation, prevention, preparedness, ‘BBB’

disasters are not ‘natural’

Photo courtesy of Alberto Bisbal

disaster trends:development disrupted

Disaster LossEconomic Losses, Poverty and Disasters 1998-2017 (CRED, UNISDR. 2018.)

Between 1998 and 2017 climate-related and geophysical disasters killed 1.3 million people and left a further 4.4 billion

injured, homeless, displaced or in need of emergency assistance.

While the majority of fatalities were due to geophysical events, mostly earthquakes and tsunamis, 91% of all disasters were caused by floods, storms, droughts, heatwaves and other

extreme weather events.

Top 10 countries/territories in terms of absolute losses (billion US$) 1998-2017

Excluding small states. See Annex for the list of small states. See Annex for the methodology on the calculation of economic losses related to GDP

Economic Losses, Poverty and Disasters 1998-2017 (CRED, UNISDR. 2018.)

Top 10 countries/territories in terms of average annual percentage losses relative to GDP

Economic Losses, Poverty and Disasters 1998-2017 (CRED, UNISDR. 2018.)

Economic Losses, Poverty and Disasters 1998-2017 (CRED, UNISDR. 2018.)

2018 Global Risk

Landscape

The Global Risks Report 2018, 13th Edition

Disaster Impacts in Other Numbers

The impact on well-being is estimated US$520 billion per year, equivalent to drop in consumption. 60% higher estimates of asset losses alone – Unbreakable: Building the

resilience of the poor in the face of natural disasters (2016. GFDRR, World Bank)

Total global economic losses from natural hazard and human induced disasters were USD$337 billion in 2017Global insured losses from disaster events in 2017 were USD$144 billion, the highest ever on sigma records –

(2018. SwissRe Institute)

The disaster burden is real!

• Disasters continue to cause significant damage, both in terms of lives lost and assets destroyed.

• Mortality is concentrated in very intensive disasters; therefore, it is difficult to perceive trends over relatively short periods of time.

• However, mortality from smaller-scale events continues to increase.

• A large amount of damage occurs in small disaster events; constantly eroding essential development assets.

A Changing Environment

• Intensifying disaster trends & more frequent events

• Resource scarcity and degradation (land, water, food, energy, biodiversity)

• Increasing risk of “unchecked” urbanization coupled with high exposure of population and assets in high risk areas.

• Increasing governance challenges, coordination, accountability, legislations, institutional mechanisms, migration, conflict, all affecting human security

• Equity, poverty, inclusion – all being fundamental development challenges contributing to vulnerability

• Inter-dependency and complexity of risk drivers

• Climate change [extreme events, slow onset disasters (e.g. drought)]

global frameworks

The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR), 2015

Managing risk aligns the disaster risk reduction, climate change action and sustainable development agendas

25 years of international commitment to DRR

Strong policy, technical and institutional capacities and mechanisms

Disaster preparedness and contingency plans, training drills

Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015) – building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters

The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR), 2015

Progress in assessing disaster risk impactsof major development projects

Progress in managing risk in urban environments

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• Adopted at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on March 18, 2015

• Endorsed by the UN General Assembly on May 15, 2015.

• 15-year, voluntary, non-binding agreement with 4 Priorities for Action and 7 Global Targets

• Recognizes that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibilities are to be shared with other stakeholders including local government and the private sector.

Intended outcome: The substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries.

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

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Sendai Framework and 2030 Agenda: Common Indicators

measurement engagement

Overview of Reporting Status SFM: Sendai Framework Monitor

As of 19 Nov 2018

As of 19 Nov 2018

For 2017 data

Overview of Reporting Status SFM: Sendai Framework Monitor

Online Loss Accounting sub-system: DesInventar Sendai

- Adding Indicators- Adding Hazards- Disaggregating- Baseline

• Detailed disaster loss data for 104 countries are available

• Tools for collecting disaster loss data and Reporting to Sendai Framework and SDG monitoring

• Developed by UNISDR, La Red and supported by UNDP, DesInventar is a free and open source tool that helps to analyze the disaster trends and their

impacts in a systematic manner (by built-in analytic tools)

• DesInventar proposes a methodology that allows to develop analysis in a

comparative way between the countries that have joined the initiative.• Wide coverage of disasters regardless of scales. (no thresholds) • Disaggregation of data to subnational units (county/municipality).• Collected and validated locally within the country.• Updating and Retrofitting is on-going (update current datasets, add new

hazards (biological, technological, environmental) and new loss indicators.

http://www.desinventar.net

Possible DRR information/data flows within a country

DRR / DRM Org.Disaster Loss Database

Ministry b

Ministry a

Ministry c

Agency x

Organization y

Users, Stakeholders

Disaster-related Statistics is not limited to [standardized and integrated] loss data: socio-economic data including demographics, geography, risk, exposure, vulnerability, hazard, etc.

SFM SDGNSODisaster Statistics

Members of National Platforms for Disaster Risk Reduction/

multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder mechanisms

Institutional Arrangement at National Level

1. Nomination of National Sendai Framework Focal Point

2.

Sendai Framework Monitor:Decision-making Support

Custom Targets and Indicators

For indicators:

• Developed as new by respective countries (or regional entities)

• Selected from a menu of pre-defined indicators in SFM

Analytics

Compare by country/region or indicator, previous year and baseline (decade)

Key benefits of the Custom Target and Indicator

Monitoring of the implementation of DRR Strategies and policies

select 1 or 2 years for a monitoring cycle (starting month)

Nationally appropriate self-assessment: Member States can

select relevant indicators from wide array proposed as menu

(142 pre-defined indicators with sub-indicators available across

the Sendai Framework 4 Priorities and a full set of MCR local

indicators) to measure progress toward self-defined target

New function for Regional Reporting coming soon

Dashboard: Each indicator family could be presented

graphically highlighting progress towards targets

Peer review: This can be undertaken on a voluntary process

by groups of countries with similar challenges

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• Support to Coordination and Data Sharing• Processing of data and data quality assurance• Endorsing/validating data as Official Statistics• Informing Metadata (e.g. population, av. no. of households,

GDP)• Storage and preservation of data• Provision of data sharing platforms• Support, hosting or operation of national disaster loss

databases• Production of disaster-related statistics• Production of climate change-related statistics• Geographic Information Service (GIS)and many more …

Potential Roles of National Statistics Offices in the Sendai Framework Monitoring process

Will also contribute to the monitoring of SDGs

UNISDR Disaster Resilience Scorecard

for Cities

a vision of risk-informed development

resilience

Disaster Risk Reduction Terminology

http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/terminology/

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, UN

http://www.preventionweb.net/drr-framework/sendai-framework

The Global Assessment Report & Global Risk Atlas

http://www.preventionweb.net/gar/

Understanding Disaster Risk – based upon GARs 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, UNISDR –including risk models, viewers and data

http://www.preventionweb.net/risk and http://risk.preventionweb.net/capraviewer

Making Cities Resilient

https://www.unisdr.org/campaign/resilientcities/home/toolkit

Key Resources

With funding support from

UNISDR Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia (ONEA) & Global Education and Training Institute (GETI) 4F Songdo G-Tower, 175 Art Center-daero, 24-4 Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon Republic of Korea

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