A time for re energized global disaster risk reduction actions
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The document discusses the urgent need for revitalized disaster risk reduction actions following the 2015 World Conference in Sendai, Japan, emphasizing the vital role of nations in implementing effective policies and practices. It highlights the increasing vulnerabilities of over 7 billion people and the inevitability of disasters occurring at the intersection of community and recurring natural hazards. The goal is to encourage proactive measures, strategic planning, and innovative technological applications to enhance disaster preparedness and resilience within communities.
A time for re energized global disaster risk reduction actions
- 1. A TIME FOR RE-ENERGIZED DISASTER RISK REDUCTION ACTIONS 2015-2020 AND BEYOND
- 2. March 15, 2015: the second world conference on disaster risk reduction convened in Sendai, Japan will re-invigorate the historic global endeavor started in 1990 by the United Nations
- 3. FACT:THE WORLD CONFERENCE WILL CALL FOR RENEWED ACTION • Each country will be asked to play a major role in the post-con- ference call for a “Global Tsunami of Action”
- 4. FACT: THE GOAL IS CLEAR AND STILL THE SAME: REDUCTION OF GLOBAL VULNERABILITIES AND ACCELERATION OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF “THE BEST POLICIES AND BEST PRACTICES”
- 5. A DISASTER is still--- --- the set of failures that occur when the continuums of: 1) people, 2) community (i.e., a set of habitats, livelihoods, and social constructs), and 3) recurring events (e.g., floods, earthquakes, ...,) intersect at a point in space and time, when and where the people and community are not ready.
- 6. FACT:NATURAL HAZARDS STILL CAUSE MEGA-DISASTERS • FLOODS • SEVERE WINDSTORMS • EARTHQUAKES • DROUGHTS • VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS • ETC.
- 7. FACT:THE PEOPLE CONTINUUM IS GROWING WITH TIME • 7 + BILLION distributed throughout the world; many in vulnerable, high-risk com- munities
- 8. FACT:MANY COMMUNITIES ARE PARA- LYZED BY FOUR WEAKNESSES • IGNORANCE • APATHY • DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES • LACK OF POLITICAL WILL
- 9. INTERSECTION OF THESE CONTINUUMS IS INEVITABLE MOST FUTURE INTERSECTIONS WILL CAUSE A DISASTER, OR A MEGA- DISASTER, UNLESS - - -
- 10. DISASTER RISK REDUCTION IS THE WAY FORWARD 200 NATIONS AND 7+ BILLION PEOPLE NORTH AMERICA CARIBBEAN BASIN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA MEDITER- RANEAN ISLAND NATIONS ASIA SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE
- 11. FACT: EVERY COMMUNITY CAN REDUCE THE VULNERABILITIES TO - - - • GOVERNMENT CENTERS • DWELLINGS • SCHOOLS • HEALTH CARE FACILITIES • BUSINESSES • INFRA-STRUCTURE • ETC
- 12. THE GOAL: ADOPT BEST POLICIES AND BEST PRACTICES INNOVATIVE ACTIONS: CREATE, ADJUST, AND REALIGN PROGRAMS, PARTNERS AND PEOPLE UNTIL YOU HAVE CREATED THE PARADIGM SHIFTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO MOVE TOWARDS DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
- 13. 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 BEST POLICIES AND PRACTICES • ADOPTION •IMPLEMENTATION DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
- 14. BEST POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION Anticipatory Preparedness Adoption and Implementation of Modern Engineering Building Codes & Standards Timely Early Warning and Evacuation Timely Emergency Response (including Emergency Medical Services) Cost-Effective Recovery/Reconstruction
- 15. LIKE A CHAIN: A COMMUNITY HAS WEAK LINKS TO STRENGTHEN
- 18. BEST POLICIES AND BEST PRACTICES WILL IDENTIFY/CLOSE KNOWLEDGE DIVIDES AND GAPS, AND IDENTIFY/FIX WEAK LINKS IN THE PEOPLE/COMMUNITY CONTINUUMS
- 19. BEST POLICIES AND BEST PRACTICES WILL CALL FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND INNOVATIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY
- 20. LIKE AN INFINITE SERIES: A CONTINUUM OF INNOVATION NEVER ENDS