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UNISDR

Summary

Despite 25 years of implementation of disaster risk reduction, economic losses have been steadily rising, largely exacerbated by a changing climate, unbalanced urbanisation and growing inequalities at various levels. In failing to adequately understand and reduce current risk, as well as prevent the creation of new risk, public and private investment decisions have commonly contributed to this rising, and accelerating trend. The recently adopted Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 views disasters through the lens of growth and sustainable development and calls for risk-informed development as the key – development that does not take risks into account, cannot be considered sustainable.
The proposed side event brings together government, the private sector and development partners to review development investment behaviour and the need to incorporate risk considerations for resilience.

Related Information

• “Development financing must be risk-informed”
• UNISDR Working Paper: Review of Mauritius: Public Investment Planning and Financing Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction

Contact

For inquiries regarding this side event, please contact

• Animesh Kumar, animesh.kumar@unisdr.unon.org, +254789600999
• Muthoni Njogu, njogu@un.org, +41229178958