Transcript Living with Risk: The need to build partnerships

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UN Strategic Support for Disaster
Risk Reduction in Thailand:
Optimising the 6th Asian
Ministerial Conference in 2014
UNCT Thailand Meeting
25th April 2013
Amari Watergates Hotel, Bangkok
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Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2012:
Development contributes
to reducing vulnerability.
Development contributes
to expanding exposure.
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Economic losses increasing…
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Economic losses in 2011,
80% of total losses for
2000 to 2009
Losses have grown more than 16 times since 1970,
while GDP increased by 13 times
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… because many factors define
economic vulnerability…
Source: World Bank, 2012
Economic vulnerability in Southeast Asia
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… and its private sector and citizens who pay
for disaster losses.
Private citizens and communities who pay the highest price
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Investing in DRR reduces economic
vulnerability…
US$ 4.3
Billion
in losses
US$ 2.4
Billion
in losses
US$ 0.27
Billion
in losses
1998 Cyclone
2007 Cyclone
2009 Cyclone
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Investments to raise agricultural productivity in low lying areas,
flood protection & drainage in urban areas, irrigation schemes
to enable dry season crop, coastal ‘greenbelt’ projects.
Bangladesh’s DRR investments over 35 years
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…and social vulnerabilities can be reduced
by investing in social protection…
Scaling up
social
protection to
reduce disaster
risk affordable:
Ranges from 13% of Gross
national
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…and setting targets helps design DRR
investments.
2.38% of
GDP/year
in losses
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Past 20 years
Reduce to 1.5%
of GDP/year
in losses
By 2015
Investments in early warning, risk assessment,
ICT for DRR, CBDRM, education and awareness
China’s comprehensive disaster prevention
and reduction plan (2011-2015)
Implementing the HFA (2005-2015)
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Countries report
on continued
progress in DRR
but critical
challenges
remain
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2013 National HFA progress
• Much progress in developing DRR legislation and
policies but enforcement is a challenge
• Few are accounting for disasters – Only few countries
have established national disaster loss databases
• DRR integration or mainstreaming into policies
and plans is slightly improved but limited to
development of guidelines.
• Early Warning is improving, however local warning
systems left behind
• Integrating DRR into school curricula improving
including special university courses and professional
training in DRR
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The Post 2015 Framework for DRR (HFA2)
• The Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 is approaching
its tenure
• UN General Assembly Resolution 66/199 requested
UNISDR to faciliate development of a Post 2015 Framework
for Disaster Risk Reduction (HFA2)
• Participatory consultation process launched in March 2012
for:
• A new framework to advance DRR significantly,
anticipating new risks and addressing HFA lessons
• Ensure that resilience and risk reduction goals and
targets are included in the post-2015 development
agenda
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The Asia Regional Platform on
DRR
Consists of:
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• Political arm – the Asian Ministerial Conference
for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) held
every two years
• Operational arm – the ISDR Asia Partnership on
DRR (IAP) held at least twice a year
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Asian Ministerial Conference on DRR
(AMCDRR)
 Jointly organized by different Asian countries and UNISDR
since 2005
 Provides unique opportunity for Ministers in charge of
disaster management and stakeholders from the region to
reaffirm commitment to reducing disaster losses through the
implementation of the HFA
 Serves as a forum to exchange experiences on successful
DRR practices and innovative approaches
 Focus or Theme selected by the host country, responding to
national and regional priorities
 Previously held in Yogyakarta (2012), Incheon(2010), Kuala
Lumpur(2008), New Delhi (2007) and Beijing (2005)
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The Previous AMCDRRs
• 1AMCDRR, Beijing, August 2005, focused on regional
implementation of HFA, adopting the Beijing Action for Disaster
Risk Reduction.
• 2AMCDRR, New Delhi, November 2007, focused on the
coordination mechanism in the region, adopting Delhi
Declaration establishing the Asia Regional Platform and ISDR
Asia Partnership
• 3AMCDRR, Kuala Lumpur, December 2008, focused on
implementation at national level with a particular focus on Public
Private Partnership, adopting the Kuala Lumpur Declaration.
• 4AMCDRR, Incheon, October 2010 focused on DRR and climate
change integration, adopting the Incheon Declaration and
regional action plan (REMAP)
• 5AMCDRR Yogyakarta, October 2012 focused on local level
implementation, adopting the Yogyakarta declaration.
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5AMCDRR
• More than 2,600 participants from 72 countries participated
• Two heads of State, the Presidents of Indonesia and Nauru
attended
• High-level delegations from 50 countries across the Asia
Pacific region which included 24 government ministers
• More than 58 events organized
• The ‘Yogyakarta Declaration’ was consulted adopted by
governments and partners
• Distinct stakeholder groups fully participated in the
conference and prepared their own statement of
commitments
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Stakeholder Groups
1. Governments
2. Mayors/ local Government
3. Parliamentarians
4. Organization focused on Children issues
5. Organization focused on people with disability
6. Gender and DRR
7. Research and Academia
8. Private sector
9. Civil Society
10. Media
11. National societies of Red Cross and Red
Crescent
12. Community, grassroots and indigenous groups
(New group formed after 5AMCDRR)
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6AMCDRR
• Date: 9-12 June 2014 (tentative)
• To be defined:
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Objective and purpose of the conference
Theme and sub themes
Structure of the conference
Expected outcome (declaration/ commitments/
action plan or …??)
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Expected outcomes from the conference
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• AMCDRR is expected to deliver a political
declaration with an action plan or
commitments from key stakeholders
– The declaration forms the political commitments
of governments towards minimizing the impact of
disasters by accelerating DRR and development
actions.
– The stakeholder’s commitment statements aim at
prioritizing the role and commitments of the key
stakeholders
– Monitoring and follow up process established for
all ministerial conference outcomes
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Thank you
More info:
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