1 Progress at Global and Regional Levels for the Implementation of the Hyogo Framework and Development with Strengthened ISDR system 6 November 2006, First World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Coordination Meeting Yuichi Ono International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) www.unisdr.org
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Progress at Global and Regional Levels for the Implementation of the Hyogo Framework and Development with Strengthened ISDR system
6 November 2006, First World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Coordination Meeting
Yuichi OnoInternational Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR)
www.unisdr.org
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Number of People Killed(Income Class/Disaster Type) (1975-2000) World Summary
Disaster trends – rising and changing Over last decade: 900,000 dead, US$ 570B losses, 2,600 million people affected, poor people and countries most affected, most disasters are weather or climate related
“Costs of extreme weather alone could reach 0.5 - 1% of world GDP per annum by the middle of the century, and will keep rising if the world continues to warm.”
“Climate change is happening and measures to help people adapt to it are essential. And the less mitigation we do now, the greater the difficulty of continuing to adapt in future.”
STERN REVIEW: The Economics of Climate Change, 2006
Peter Webster et al.
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Disaster reduction is essential for sustainable development
Strengthen institutions (especially in communities) to build resilience
Build risk reduction into emergency management and recovery
Agreed by 168 Governments at the second World Conference on Disaster Reduction, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 18 – 22 January, 2005
Strategic goals
Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters
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Disaster reduction – Hyogo Framework for ActionFive priorities for actions:
1.- Ensure that disaster risk reduction in a national & local priority- strong institutional basis2.- Identify, assess & monitor risk- enhance early warning3.- Use knowledge, innovation & education to build culture of safety4.- Reduce underlying risk factors5.- Strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response
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National level
As reported to ISDR secretariat
At least 90 national Hyogo Framework focal points designated
More than 35 countries have developed and established a National Platform
Meetings among national platforms in Africa, and among regions (in Pretoria, October 2006)
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Regional level
Regional strategies -Asia (Beijing Plan of Action), Ministerial meetings (China 2005; India 2007)-Africa (AU/NEPAD), Ministerial meetings (2006, 2007), -Europe (Council of Europe), -Pacific (Madang Framework) with Ministerial commitments, regional consultations planned in other regions-LAC (OAS, CEPREDENAC, CAPRADE)
International level (para. 32, HFA)Integration of DRR into development assistance and humanitarian frameworks:
•Financing- Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, WB: global and regional level coordination in support of ISDR system; track 2 for countries (implementation of Hyogo Framework)
•Mainstreaming in development – guidelines for disaster risk reduction for UN planning frameworks (in CCA/UNDAF); and focusing on countries targeted by the World Bank (mainly through PRSPs).
• Humanitarian policy support for building disaster risk resilience
EC/ECHO policy dialogue to support mainstreaming efforts
IFRC has adopted HFA as guiding principle
Humanitarian Flash Appeals and ISDR system:
• Tsunami Early Warning System and follow up, Indian Ocean
• Pakistan
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International Level (continued)
Strengthened capacity of environmental and other technical areas of UN System to assist disaster-prone developing countries in mainstreaming DRR:
• DRR in environmental policies and management (lead by UNEP)
• DRR and climate change adaptation: how to use NAPAs to reduce disaster risk and other ongoing discussions with the UNFCCC and IPCC
• DRR in other sectors gradually being developed:
•health (WHO, PAHO), water (UN Water), desertification (UNCCD), space applications (UN/OOSA, GEO) ….
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International Level (continued)
Other policy-related
• “Getting Started” guide to implementing risk reduction at national level under the HFA (to be issued for wide consultation shortly)
• Matrix of commitments and initiatives in support of HFA being updated, available on the ISDR website <www.unisdr.org>
• Development of indicators for disaster risk reduction, via on-line dialogue, expert consultations, etc.
• Early warning: ISDR Platform for Promotion of Early Warning (Bonn); EWC-III, Bonn March 2006, Checklist, Project portfolio, Global Survey of EWS (SG report), and International Early Warning Programme;
•Indian Ocean regional tsunami early warning system (UNESCO-IOC led);
• Education: HFA Education “cluster”, UNESCO led with Action Aid, ADRC, UNICEF, ISDR etc – include DRR in school curricula and safer schools; recent inventory of experience
•Drought network (China, Africa….); Seismic risk collaborative centre (Iran); El Niño (CIIFEN, Ecuador); Wildland Fire Network (Freiburg and FAO)
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Role of WMO in ISDR system and for the implementation of HFA
Governance structures
Thematic (technical) responsibilities
National platforms and action plans
Scientific panel
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NMHSs engagement to reduce vulnerabilities to natural hazards
Improve early warning, preparedness and response Develop culture of prevention and resilience Build institutions (policies, legislation, plans...) to actively contribute to these goals Identify risks (hazard & vulnerability assessments, mapping...) and avoid high risk zones Build hazard-resistant structures (schools, hospitals, houses...) Protect and develop hazard buffers (forests, reefs, mangroves..)
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Collaboration WMO-ISDR in region (examples)
A regional meeting on Climate Change in the Latin America and Caribbean Region held in Panama, 19 to 23 November 2006 (- a regional meeting and training, co-organized by UNISDR-LAC, IAI (Inter-American Institute Global Change Research), CATHALAC (Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean), the Regional Disaster Information Center (CRID), the National Authority of Panama for the Environment (ANAM), and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO ).
The International Workshop on Flash Flood Forecasting, held in Costa Rica, 13 to 17 March 2006.
ISDR-LAC attended the ‘technical seminar on disaster prevention and mitigation’ that was organized by WMO together with the Peruvian government, in Lima from 4 to 6 September 2006
UN Country Teams, Red Cross/ Red Crescent societies
UN General Assembly, ECOSOC
Advice from ISDR Support Grp
Support and technical advice to agencies, authorities, institutions and organizations
Management, programme guidance, support, joint work programming, global reporting
Governance
Responsible for national strategies and programmes, baselines studies, reporting…
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ISDR system levels of action (“platforms”)
NationalNational frameworks will determine composition and functions
Support from UN country team – when appropriate
GlobalAnnual sessions
Programme Advisory Committee
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Ongoing strengthening of the ISDR system
• Involvement of Governments in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (first session 5-7 June 2007, in Geneva);
• The Global Platform meets once a year; nominates a Programme Advisory Committee for expert advice on coordinated and joint planning in support of national implementation of HFA;
• The USG for Humanitarian Affairs designated an inter-agency management oversight board to assist in his/hers functions: to oversee the ISDR secretariat, provide high-level advocacy functions and strategic support to the ISDR system from humanitarian, development, environment and scientific angles;
• A transitional inter-agency Reference Group is contributing to preparations of the joint planning framework for the Global Platform
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" More effective prevention strategies would save not only tens of billions of dollars, but save tens of thousands of lives. Funds currently spent on intervention and relief could be devoted to enhancing equitable and sustainable development instead, which would further reduce the risk for war and disaster. Building a culture of prevention is not easy. While the costs of prevention have to be paid in the present, its benefits lie in a distant future. Moreover, the benefits are not tangible; they are the disasters that did NOT happen. "
Kofi Annan, “Facing the Humanitarian Challenge: Towards a Culture of Prevention”, UNGA, A/54/1