Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction

Sendai Framework
for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015 - 2030

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Sendai Framework
for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015-2030

Table of Contents
Foreword

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Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

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Foreword
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 was adopted at the Third
UN World Conference in Sendai, Japan, on March 18, 2015. It is the outcome of stakeholder
consultations initiated in March 2012 and inter-governmental negotiations from July 2014
to March 2015, supported by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction at the
request of the UN General Assembly.
The Sendai Framework is the successor instrument to the Hyogo Framework for Action
(HFA) 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. The
HFA was conceived to give further impetus to the global work under the International
Framework for Action for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction of 1989,
and the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World : Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention,
Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action, adopted in 1994 and the International
Strategy for Disaster Reduction of 1999.
The Sendai Framework is built on elements which ensure continuity with the work done
by States and other stakeholders under the HFA and introduces a number of innovations
as called for during the consultations and negotiations. Many commentators have
identified the most significant shifts as a strong emphasis on disaster risk management
as opposed to disaster management, the definition of seven global targets, the reduction
of disaster risk as an expected outcome, a goal focused on preventing new risk, reducing
existing risk and strengthening resilience, as well as a set of guiding principles, including
primary responsibility of states to prevent and reduce disaster risk, all-of-society and
all-of-State institutions engagement. In addition, the scope of disaster risk reduction has
been broadened significantly to focus on both natural and man-made hazards and related
environmental, technological and biological hazards and risks. Health resilience is strongly
promoted throughout.
The Sendai Framework also articulates the following: the need for improved understanding
of disaster risk in all its dimensions of exposure, vulnerability and hazard characteristics; the
strengthening of disaster risk governance, including national platforms; accountability for
disaster risk management; preparedness to “Build Back Better”; recognition of stakeholders
and their roles; mobilization of risk-sensitive investment to avoid the creation of new risk;
resilience of health infrastructure, cultural heritage and work-places; strengthening of
international cooperation and global partnership, and risk-informed donor policies and
programs, including financial support and loans from international financial institutions.
There is also clear recognition of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and the
regional platforms for disaster risk reduction as mechanisms for coherence across agendas,
monitoring and periodic reviews in support of UN Governance bodies.
UNISDR has been tasked to support the implementation, follow-up and review of the
Sendai Framework.

Margareta Wahlström,
United Nations Special Representative of
the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction

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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

2015-2030

Contents
Preamble 9
Expected outcome and goal

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Guiding principles

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Priorities for action

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Priority 1: Understanding disaster risk

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Priority 2: Strengthening disaster risk governance
to manage disaster risk

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Priority 3: Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience

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Priority 4: Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective
response and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation
and reconstruction

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Role of stakeholders

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International cooperation and global partnership

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I. P
reamble
1. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 was adopted at the Third
United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held from 14 to 18 March 2015 in
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, which represented a unique opportunity for countries:
(a) To adopt a concise, focused, forward-looking and action-oriented post 2015 framework
for disaster risk reduction;
(b) To complete the assessment and review of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework
for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters;1
(c) To consider the experience gained through the regional and national strategies/
institutions and plans for disaster risk reduction and their recommendations, as well
as relevant regional agreements for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for
Action;
(d) To identify modalities of cooperation based on commitments to implement a post 2015
framework for disaster risk reduction;
(e) To determine modalities for the periodic review of the implementation of a post 2015
framework for disaster risk reduction.
2. During the World Conference, States also reiterated their commitment to address disaster
risk reduction and the building of resilience2 to disasters with a renewed sense of urgency within
the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and to integrate, as appropriate,
both disaster risk reduction and the building of resilience into policies, plans, programmes and
budgets at all levels and to consider both within relevant frameworks.

Hyogo Framework for Action: lessons learned, gaps identified and future challenges
3. Since the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action in 2005, as documented in national
and regional progress reports on its implementation as well as in other global reports, progress
has been achieved in reducing disaster risk at local, national, regional and global levels by
countries and other relevant stakeholders, leading to a decrease in mortality in the case of
some hazards.3 Reducing disaster risk is a cost-effective investment in preventing future losses.
Effective disaster risk management contributes to sustainable development. Countries have
enhanced their capacities in disaster risk management. International mechanisms for strategic
advice, coordination and partnership development for disaster risk reduction, such as the Global
Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and the regional platforms for disaster risk reduction, as
well as other relevant international and regional forums for cooperation, have been instrumental
in the development of policies and strategies and the advancement of knowledge and mutual
learning. Overall, the Hyogo Framework for Action has been an important instrument for raising
public and institutional awareness, generating political commitment and focusing and catalysing
actions by a wide range of stakeholders at all levels.

1. A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 2.
2. Resilience is defined as: “The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb,
accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the
preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions”, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction (UNISDR), “2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction”, Geneva, May 2009 (http://www.unisdr.
org/we/inform/terminology).
3.Hazard is defined in the Hyogo Framework for Action as: “A potentially damaging physical event, phenomenon or human
activity that may cause the loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental
degradation. Hazards can include latent conditions that may represent future threats and can have different origins:
natural (geological, hydrometeorological and biological) or induced by human processes (environmental degradation and
technological hazards).

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4. Over the same 10-year time frame, however, disasters have continued to exact a heavy toll
and, as a result, the well-being and safety of persons, communities and countries as a whole have
been affected. Over 700 thousand people have lost their lives, over 1.4 million have been injured
and approximately 23 million have been made homeless as a result of disasters. Overall, more
than 1.5 billion people have been affected by disasters in various ways, with women, children
and people in vulnerable situations disproportionately affected. The total economic loss was
more than $1.3 trillion. In addition, between 2008 and 2012, 144 million people were displaced by
disasters. Disasters, many of which are exacerbated by climate change and which are increasing
in frequency and intensity, significantly impede progress towards sustainable development.
Evidence indicates that exposure of persons and assets in all countries has increased faster
than vulnerability4 has decreased, thus generating new risks and a steady rise in disasterrelated losses, with a significant economic, social, health, cultural and environmental impact
in the short, medium and long term, especially at the local and community levels. Recurring
small-scale disasters and slow-onset disasters particularly affect communities, households and
small and medium-sized enterprises, constituting a high percentage of all losses. All countries
– especially developing countries, where the mortality and economic losses from disasters
are disproportionately higher – are faced with increasing levels of possible hidden costs and
challenges in order to meet financial and other obligations.
5. It is urgent and critical to anticipate, plan for and reduce disaster risk in order to more
effectively protect persons, communities and countries, their livelihoods, health, cultural
heritage, socioeconomic assets and ecosystems, and thus strengthen their resilience.
6. Enhanced work to reduce exposure and vulnerability, thus preventing the creation of
new disaster risks, and accountability for disaster risk creation are needed at all levels. More
dedicated action needs to be focused on tackling underlying disaster risk drivers, such as the
consequences of poverty and inequality, climate change and variability, unplanned and rapid
urbanization, poor land management and compounding factors such as demographic change,
weak institutional arrangements, non-risk-informed policies, lack of regulation and incentives
for private disaster risk reduction investment, complex supply chains, limited availability of
technology, unsustainable uses of natural resources, declining ecosystems, pandemics and
epidemics. Moreover, it is necessary to continue strengthening good governance in disaster
risk reduction strategies at the national, regional and global levels and improving preparedness
and national coordination for disaster response, rehabilitation and reconstruction, and to use
post-disaster recovery and reconstruction to “Build Back Better”, supported by strengthened
modalities of international cooperation.
7. There has to be a broader and a more people-centred preventive approach to disaster
risk. Disaster risk reduction practices need to be multi-hazard and multisectoral, inclusive and
accessible in order to be efficient and effective. While recognizing their leading, regulatory and
coordination role, Governments should engage with relevant stakeholders, including women,
children and youth, persons with disabilities, poor people, migrants, indigenous peoples,
volunteers, the community of practitioners and older persons in the design and implementation
of policies, plans and standards. There is a need for the public and private sectors and civil
society organizations, as well as academia and scientific and research institutions, to work more
closely together and to create opportunities for collaboration, and for businesses to integrate
disaster risk into their management practices.
8. International, regional, subregional and transboundary cooperation remains pivotal in
supporting the efforts of States, their national and local authorities, as well as communities
and businesses, to reduce disaster risk. Existing mechanisms may require strengthening in
order to provide effective support and achieve better implementation. Developing countries, in
particular the least developed countries, small island developing States, landlocked developing
countries and African countries, as well as middle-income countries facing specific challenges,
need special attention and support to augment domestic resources and capabilities through
bilateral and multilateral channels in order to ensure adequate, sustainable, and timely means of
implementation in capacity-building, financial and technical assistance and technology transfer,
in accordance with international commitments.

4. Vulnerability is defined in the Hyogo Framework for Action as: “The conditions determined by physical, social, economic
and environmental factors or processes, which increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazards”.

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9. Overall, the Hyogo Framework for Action has provided critical guidance in efforts to reduce
disaster risk and has contributed to the progress towards the achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals. Its implementation has, however, highlighted a number of gaps in addressing
the underlying disaster risk factors, in the formulation of goals and priorities for action,5 in the
need to foster disaster resilience at all levels and in ensuring adequate means of implementation.
The gaps indicate a need to develop an action-oriented framework that Governments and
relevant stakeholders can implement in a supportive and complementary manner, and which
helps to identify disaster risks to be managed and guides investment to improve resilience.
10. Ten years after the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action, disasters continue to
undermine efforts to achieve sustainable development.
11. The intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda, financing for
development, climate change and disaster risk reduction provide the international community
with a unique opportunity to enhance coherence across policies, institutions, goals, indicators
and measurement systems for implementation, while respecting the respective mandates.
Ensuring credible links, as appropriate, between these processes will contribute to building
resilience and achieving the global goal of eradicating poverty.
12. It is recalled that the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable
Development, held in 2012, entitled “The future we want”,6 called for disaster risk reduction
and the building of resilience to disasters to be addressed with a renewed sense of urgency
in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication and, as appropriate, to be
integrated at all levels. The Conference also reaffirmed all the principles of the Rio Declaration
on Environment and Development.7
13. Addressing climate change as one of the drivers of disaster risk, while respecting the
mandate of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,8 represents an
opportunity to reduce disaster risk in a meaningful and coherent manner throughout the
interrelated intergovernmental processes.
14. Against this background, and in order to reduce disaster risk, there is a need to address
existing challenges and prepare for future ones by focusing on monitoring, assessing and
understanding disaster risk and sharing such information and on how it is created; strengthening
disaster risk governance and coordination across relevant institutions and sectors and the
full and meaningful participation of relevant stakeholders at appropriate levels; investing in
the economic, social, health, cultural and educational resilience of persons, communities and
countries and the environment, as well as through technology and research; and enhancing
multi-hazard early warning systems, preparedness, response, recovery, rehabilitation and
reconstruction. To complement national action and capacity, there is a need to enhance
international cooperation between developed and developing countries and between States and
international organizations.
15. The present Framework will apply to the risk of small-scale and large-scale, frequent and
infrequent, sudden and slow-onset disasters caused by natural or man-made hazards, as well as
related environmental, technological and biological hazards and risks. It aims to guide the multihazard management of disaster risk in development at all levels as well as within and across all
sectors.

5. The Hyogo Framework priorities for action 2005-2015 are: (1) ensure that disaster risk reduction is a national and
a local priority with a strong institutional basis for implementation; (2) identify, assess and monitor disaster risks and
enhance early warning; (3) use knowledge, innovation and education to build a culture of safety and resilience at all
levels; (4) reduce the underlying risk factors; and (5) strengthen disaster preparedness for effective response at all levels
6. A/RES/66/288, annex.
7. Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992, vol. I,
Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1,
annex I.
8. The climate change issues mentioned in this Framework remain within the mandate of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change under the competences of the Parties to the Convention.

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II. Expected outcome and goal
16. While some progress in building resilience and reducing losses and damages has been
achieved, a substantial reduction of disaster risk requires perseverance and persistence, with a
more explicit focus on people and their health and livelihoods, and regular follow-up. Building on
the Hyogo Framework for Action, the present Framework aims to achieve the following outcome
over the next 15 years:
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 realization of this outcome requires the strong commitment and involvement of political
leadership in every country at all levels in the implementation and follow-up of the present
Framework and in the creation of the necessary conducive and enabling environment.
17. To attain the expected outcome, the following goal must be pursued:
Prevent new and reduce existing disaster risk through the implementation of
integrated and inclusive economic, structural, legal, social, health, cultural, educational,
environmental, technological, political and institutional measures that prevent and reduce
hazard exposure and vulnerability to disaster, increase preparedness for response and
recovery, and thus strengthen resilience.
The pursuance of this goal requires the enhancement of the implementation capacity and
capability of developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, small island
developing States, landlocked developing countries and African countries, as well as middleincome countries facing specific challenges, including the mobilization of support through
international cooperation for the provision of means of implementation in accordance with their
national priorities.
18. To support the assessment of global progress in achieving the outcome and goal of the
present Framework, seven global targets have been agreed. These targets will be measured at
the global level and will be complemented by work to develop appropriate indicators. National
targets and indicators will contribute to the achievement of the outcome and goal of the present
Framework. The seven global targets are:
(a) Substantially reduce global disaster mortality by 2030, aiming to lower the average per
100,000 global mortality rate in the decade 2020–2030 compared to the period 2005–
2015;
(b) Substantially reduce the number of affected people globally by 2030, aiming to lower
the average global figure per 100,000 in the decade 2020–2030 compared to the period
2005–2015;9
(c) Reduce direct disaster economic loss in relation to global gross domestic product (GDP) by
2030;
(d) Substantially reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic
services, among them health and educational facilities, including through developing their
resilience by 2030;
(e) Substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk
reduction strategies by 2020;
(f) Substantially enhance international cooperation to developing countries through adequate
and sustainable support to complement their national actions for implementation of the
present Framework by 2030;
(g) Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems
and disaster risk information and assessments to people by 2030.

9. Categories of affected people will be elaborated in the process for post-Sendai work decided by the Conference.

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III. Guiding principles
19. Drawing from the principles contained in the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines
for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action10 and the
Hyogo Framework for Action, the implementation of the present Framework will be guided by
the following principles, while taking into account national circumstances, and consistent with
domestic laws as well as international obligations and commitments:
(a) Each State has the primary responsibility to prevent and reduce disaster risk, including
through international, regional, subregional, transboundary and bilateral cooperation.
The reduction of disaster risk is a common concern for all States and the extent to which
developing countries are able to effectively enhance and implement national disaster
risk reduction policies and measures in the context of their respective circumstances and
capabilities can be further enhanced through the provision of sustainable international
cooperation;
(b) Disaster risk reduction requires that responsibilities be shared by central Governments and
relevant national authorities, sectors and stakeholders, as appropriate to their national
circumstances and systems of governance;
(c) Managing the risk of disasters is aimed at protecting persons and their property, health,
livelihoods and productive assets, as well as cultural and environmental assets, while
promoting and protecting all human rights, including the right to development;
(d) Disaster risk reduction requires an all-of-society engagement and partnership. It also
requires empowerment and inclusive, accessible and non discriminatory participation,
paying special attention to people disproportionately affected by disasters, especially the
poorest. A gender, age, disability and cultural perspective should be integrated in all policies
and practices, and women and youth leadership should be promoted. In this context, special
attention should be paid to the improvement of organized voluntary work of citizens;
(e) Disaster risk reduction and management depends on coordination mechanisms within
and across sectors and with relevant stakeholders at all levels, and it requires the full
engagement of all State institutions of an executive and legislative nature at national and
local levels and a clear articulation of responsibilities across public and private stakeholders,
including business and academia, to ensure mutual outreach, partnership, complementarity
in roles and accountability and follow-up;
(f) While the enabling, guiding and coordinating role of national and federal State Governments
remain essential, it is necessary to empower local authorities and local communities
to reduce disaster risk, including through resources, incentives and decision-making
responsibilities, as appropriate;
(g) Disaster risk reduction requires a multi-hazard approach and inclusive risk-informed
decision-making based on the open exchange and dissemination of disaggregated data,
including by sex, age and disability, as well as on easily accessible, up-to-date, comprehensible,
science-based, non-sensitive risk information, complemented by traditional knowledge;
(h) The development, strengthening and implementation of relevant policies, plans, practices
and mechanisms need to aim at coherence, as appropriate, across sustainable development
and growth, food security, health and safety, climate change and variability, environmental
management and disaster risk reduction agendas. Disaster risk reduction is essential to
achieve sustainable development;
(i) While the drivers of disaster risk may be local, national, regional or global in scope, disaster
risks have local and specific characteristics that must be understood for the determination
of measures to reduce disaster risk;
(j) Addressing underlying disaster risk factors through disaster risk-informed public and
private investments is more cost-effective than primary reliance on post-disaster response
and recovery, and contributes to sustainable development;

10. A/CONF.172/9, chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.

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(k) In the post-disaster recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction phase, it is critical to prevent
the creation of and to reduce disaster risk by “Building Back Better” and increasing public
education and awareness of disaster risk;
(l) An effective and meaningful global partnership and the further strengthening of
international cooperation, including the fulfilment of respective commitments of official
development assistance by developed countries, are essential for effective disaster risk
management;
(m) Developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, small island developing
States, landlocked developing countries and African countries, as well as middle-income
and other countries facing specific disaster risk challenges, need adequate, sustainable and
timely provision of support, including through finance, technology transfer and capacitybuilding from developed countries and partners tailored to their needs and priorities, as
identified by them.

IV. Priorities for action
20. Taking into account the experience gained through the implementation of the Hyogo
Framework for Action, and in pursuance of the expected outcome and goal, there is a need for
focused action within and across sectors by States at local, national, regional and global levels in
the following four priority areas:
Priority 1: Understanding disaster risk.
Priority 2: Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk.
Priority 3: Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience.
Priority 4: Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better”
in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
21. In their approach to disaster risk reduction, States, regional and international organizations
and other relevant stakeholders should take into consideration the key activities listed under
each of these four priorities and should implement them, as appropriate, taking into consideration
respective capacities and capabilities, in line with national laws and regulations.
22. In the context of increasing global interdependence, concerted international cooperation, an
enabling international environment and means of implementation are needed to stimulate and
contribute to developing the knowledge, capacities and motivation for disaster risk reduction at
all levels, in particular for developing countries.
Priority 1: Understanding disaster risk
23. Policies and practices for disaster risk management should be based on an understanding
of disaster risk in all its dimensions of vulnerability, capacity, exposure of persons and assets,
hazard characteristics and the environment. Such knowledge can be leveraged for the purpose
of pre-disaster risk assessment, for prevention and mitigation and for the development and
implementation of appropriate preparedness and effective response to disasters.
National and local levels
24. To achieve this, it is important:
(a) To promote the collection, analysis, management and use of relevant data and practical
information and ensure its dissemination, taking into account the needs of different categories
of users, as appropriate;
(b) To encourage the use of and strengthening of baselines and periodically assess disaster
risks, vulnerability, capacity, exposure, hazard characteristics and their possible sequential
effects at the relevant social and spatial scale on ecosystems, in line with national
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(c) To develop, periodically update and disseminate, as appropriate, location-based disaster risk
information, including risk maps, to decision makers, the general public and communities
at risk of exposure to disaster in an appropriate format by using, as applicable, geospatial
information technology;
(d) To systematically evaluate, record, share and publicly account for disaster losses and
understand the economic, social, health, education, environmental and cultural heritage
impacts, as appropriate, in the context of event-specific hazard-exposure and vulnerability
information;
(e) To make non-sensitive hazard-exposure, vulnerability, risk, disaster and loss-disaggregated
information freely available and accessible, as appropriate;
(f) To promote real time access to reliable data, make use of space and in situ information,
including geographic information systems (GIS), and use information and communications
technology innovations to enhance measurement tools and the collection, analysis and
dissemination of data;
(g) To build the knowledge of government officials at all levels, civil society, communities and
volunteers, as well as the private sector, through sharing experiences, lessons learned,
good practices and training and education on disaster risk reduction, including the use of
existing training and education mechanisms and peer learning;
(h) To promote and improve dialogue and cooperation among scientific and technological
communities, other relevant stakeholders and policymakers in order to facilitate a sciencepolicy interface for effective decision-making in disaster risk management;
(i) To ensure the use of traditional, indigenous and local knowledge and practices, as
appropriate, to complement scientific knowledge in disaster risk assessment and the
development and implementation of policies, strategies, plans and programmes of specific
sectors, with a cross-sectoral approach, which should be tailored to localities and to the
context;
(j) To strengthen technical and scientific capacity to capitalize on and consolidate existing
knowledge and to develop and apply methodologies and models to assess disaster risks,
vulnerabilities and exposure to all hazards;
(k) To promote investments in innovation and technology development in long-term, multihazard and solution-driven research in disaster risk management to address gaps, obstacles,
interdependencies and social, economic, educational and environmental challenges and
disaster risks;
(l) To promote the incorporation of disaster risk knowledge, including disaster prevention,
mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery and rehabilitation, in formal and non-formal
education, as well as in civic education at all levels, as well as in professional education and
training;
(m) To promote national strategies to strengthen public education and awareness in disaster
risk reduction, including disaster risk information and knowledge, through campaigns,
social media and community mobilization, taking into account specific audiences and their
needs;
(n) To apply risk information in all its dimensions of vulnerability, capacity and exposure of
persons, communities, countries and assets, as well as hazard characteristics, to develop
and implement disaster risk reduction policies;
(o) To enhance collaboration among people at the local level to disseminate disaster risk
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Global and regional levels
25. To achieve this, it is important:
(a) To enhance the development and dissemination of science-based methodologies and tools
to record and share disaster losses and relevant disaggregated data and statistics, as well
as to strengthen disaster risk modelling, assessment, mapping, monitoring and multihazard early warning systems;
(b) To promote the conduct of comprehensive surveys on multi-hazard disaster risks and the
development of regional disaster risk assessments and maps, including climate change
scenarios;
(c) To promote and enhance, through international cooperation, including technology transfer,
access to and the sharing and use of non-sensitive data and information, as appropriate,
communications and geospatial and space-based technologies and related services;
maintain and strengthen in situ and remotely-sensed earth and climate observations;
and strengthen the utilization of media, including social media, traditional media, big data
and mobile phone networks, to support national measures for successful disaster risk
communication, as appropriate and in accordance with national laws;
(d) To promote common efforts in partnership with the scientific and technological community,
academia and the private sector to establish, disseminate and share good practices
internationally;
(e) To support the development of local, national, regional and global user-friendly systems and
services for the exchange of information on good practices, cost-effective and easy-to-use
disaster risk reduction technologies and lessons learned on policies, plans and measures for
disaster risk reduction;
(f) To develop effective global and regional campaigns as instruments for public awareness
and education, building on the existing ones (for example, the “One million safe schools and
hospitals” initiative; the “Making Cities Resilient: My city is getting ready” campaign; the
United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction; and the annual United Nations
International Day for Disaster Reduction), to promote a culture of disaster prevention,
resilience and responsible citizenship, generate understanding of disaster risk, support
mutual learning and share experiences; and encourage public and private stakeholders to
actively engage in such initiatives and to develop new ones at the local, national, regional
and global levels;
(g) To enhance the scientific and technical work on disaster risk reduction and its mobilization
through the coordination of existing networks and scientific research institutions at all
levels and in all regions, with the support of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction Scientific and Technical Advisory Group, in order to strengthen the evidencebase in support of the implementation of the present Framework; promote scientific
research on disaster risk patterns, causes and effects; disseminate risk information with
the best use of geospatial information technology; provide guidance on methodologies
and standards for risk assessments, disaster risk modelling and the use of data; identify
research and technology gaps and set recommendations for research priority areas in
disaster risk reduction; promote and support the availability and application of science
and technology to decision-making; contribute to the update of the publication entitled
“2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction”; use post-disaster reviews as
opportunities to enhance learning and public policy; and disseminate studies;
(h) To encourage the availability of copyrighted and patented materials, including through
negotiated concessions, as appropriate;
(i) To enhance access to and support for innovation and technology, as well as in long-term,
multi-hazard and solution-driven research and development in the field of disaster risk
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Priority 2: Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk
26. Disaster risk governance at the national, regional and global levels is of great importance for
an effective and efficient management of disaster risk. Clear vision, plans, competence, guidance
and coordination within and across sectors, as well as participation of relevant stakeholders,
are needed. Strengthening disaster risk governance for prevention, mitigation, preparedness,
response, recovery and rehabilitation is therefore necessary and fosters collaboration and
partnership across mechanisms and institutions for the implementation of instruments relevant
to disaster risk reduction and sustainable development.
National and local levels
27. To achieve this, it is important:
(a) To mainstream and integrate disaster risk reduction within and across all sectors and
review and promote the coherence and further development, as appropriate, of national
and local frameworks of laws, regulations and public policies, which, by defining roles and
responsibilities, guide the public and private sectors in: (i) addressing disaster risk in publically
owned, managed or regulated services and infrastructures; (ii) promoting and providing
incentives, as relevant, for actions by persons, households, communities and businesses;
(iii) enhancing relevant mechanisms and initiatives for disaster risk transparency, which
may include financial incentives, public awareness-raising and training initiatives, reporting
requirements and legal and administrative measures; and (iv) putting in place coordination
and organizational structures;
(b) To adopt and implement national and local disaster risk reduction strategies and plans,
across different timescales, with targets, indicators and time frames, aimed at preventing
the creation of risk, the reduction of existing risk and the strengthening of economic, social,
health and environmental resilience;
(c) To carry out an assessment of the technical, financial and administrative disaster risk
management capacity to deal with the identified risks at the local and national levels;
(d) To encourage the establishment of necessary mechanisms and incentives to ensure
high levels of compliance with the existing safety-enhancing provisions of sectoral laws
and regulations, including those addressing land use and urban planning, building codes,
environmental and resource management and health and safety standards, and update
them, where needed, to ensure an adequate focus on disaster risk management;
(e) To develop and strengthen, as appropriate, mechanisms to follow up, periodically assess
and publicly report on progress on national and local plans; and promote public scrutiny
and encourage institutional debates, including by parliamentarians and other relevant
officials, on progress reports of local and national plans for disaster risk reduction;
(f) To assign, as appropriate, clear roles and tasks to community representatives within
disaster risk management institutions and processes and decision-making through relevant
legal frameworks, and undertake comprehensive public and community consultations
during the development of such laws and regulations to support their implementation;
(g) To establish and strengthen government coordination forums composed of relevant
stakeholders at the national and local levels, such as national and local platforms for
disaster risk reduction, and a designated national focal point for implementing the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. It is necessary for such mechanisms
to have a strong foundation in national institutional frameworks with clearly assigned
responsibilities and authority to, inter alia, identify sectoral and multisectoral disaster
risk, build awareness and knowledge of disaster risk through sharing and dissemination
of non-sensitive disaster risk information and data, contribute to and coordinate
reports on local and national disaster risk, coordinate public awareness campaigns on
disaster risk, facilitate and support local multisectoral cooperation (e.g. among local
governments) and contribute to the determination of and reporting on national and local
disaster risk management plans and all policies relevant for disaster risk management.
These responsibilities should be established through laws, regulations, standards and
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(h) To empower local authorities, as appropriate, through regulatory and financial means to
work and coordinate with civil society, communities and indigenous peoples and migrants
in disaster risk management at the local level;
(i) To encourage parliamentarians to support the implementation of disaster risk reduction by
developing new or amending relevant legislation and setting budget allocations;
(j) To promote the development of quality standards, such as certifications and awards
for disaster risk management, with the participation of the private sector, civil society,
professional associations, scientific organizations and the United Nations;
(k) To formulate public policies, where applicable, aimed at addressing the issues of prevention
or relocation, where possible, of human settlements in disaster risk-prone zones, subject to
national law and legal systems.
Global and regional levels
28. To achieve this, it is important:
(a) To guide action at the regional level through agreed regional and subregional strategies and
mechanisms for cooperation for disaster risk reduction, as appropriate, in the light of the
present Framework, in order to foster more efficient planning, create common information
systems and exchange good practices and programmes for cooperation and capacity
development, in particular to address common and transboundary disaster risks;
(b) To foster collaboration across global and regional mechanisms and institutions for the
implementation and coherence of instruments and tools relevant to disaster risk reduction,
such as for climate change, biodiversity, sustainable development, poverty eradication,
environment, agriculture, health, food and nutrition and others, as appropriate;
(c) To actively engage in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, the regional and
subregional platforms for disaster risk reduction and the thematic platforms in order to
forge partnerships, periodically assess progress on implementation and share practice
and knowledge on disaster risk-informed policies, programmes and investments, including
on development and climate issues, as appropriate, as well as to promote the integration
of disaster risk management in other relevant sectors. Regional intergovernmental
organizations should play an important role in the regional platforms for disaster risk
reduction;
(d) To promote transboundary cooperation to enable policy and planning for the implementation
of ecosystem-based approaches with regard to shared resources, such as within river
basins and along coastlines, to build resilience and reduce disaster risk, including epidemic
and displacement risk;
(e) To promote mutual learning and exchange of good practices and information through, inter
alia, voluntary and self-initiated peer reviews among interested States;
(f) To promote the strengthening of, as appropriate, international voluntary mechanisms
for monitoring and assessment of disaster risks, including relevant data and information,
benefiting from the experience of the Hyogo Framework for Action Monitor. Such
mechanisms may promote the exchange of non-sensitive information on disaster risks to
the relevant national Government bodies and stakeholders in the interest of sustainable
social and economic development.
Priority 3: Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience
29. Public and private investment in disaster risk prevention and reduction through structural
and non-structural measures are essential to enhance the economic, social, health and cultural
resilience of persons, communities, countries and their assets, as well as the environment.
These can be drivers of innovation, growth and job creation. Such measures are cost-effective
and instrumental to save lives, prevent and reduce losses and ensure effective recovery and
rehabilitation.

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National and local levels
30. To achieve this, it is important:
(a) To allocate the necessary resources, including finance and logistics, as appropriate, at
all levels of administration for the development and the implementation of disaster risk
reduction strategies, policies, plans, laws and regulations in all relevant sectors;
(b) To promote mechanisms for disaster risk transfer and insurance, risk-sharing and retention
and financial protection, as appropriate, for both public and private investment in order to
reduce the financial impact of disasters on Governments and societies, in urban and rural
areas;
(c) To strengthen, as appropriate, disaster-resilient public and private investments, particularly
through structural, non-structural and functional disaster risk prevention and reduction
measures in critical facilities, in particular schools and hospitals and physical infrastructures;
building better from the start to withstand hazards through proper design and construction,
including the use of the principles of universal design and the standardization of building
materials; retrofitting and rebuilding; nurturing a culture of maintenance; and taking into
account economic, social, structural, technological and environmental impact assessments;
(d) To protect or support the protection of cultural and collecting institutions and other sites of
historical, cultural heritage and religious interest;
(e) To promote the disaster risk resilience of workplaces through structural and non-structural
measures;
(f) To promote the mainstreaming of disaster risk assessments into land-use policy
development and implementation, including urban planning, land degradation assessments
and informal and non-permanent housing, and the use of guidelines and follow-up tools
informed by anticipated demographic and environmental changes;
(g) To promote the mainstreaming of disaster risk assessment, mapping and management
into rural development planning and management of, inter alia, mountains, rivers, coastal
flood plain areas, drylands, wetlands and all other areas prone to droughts and flooding,
including through the identification of areas that are safe for human settlement, and at the
same time preserving ecosystem functions that help to reduce risks;
(h) To encourage the revision of existing or the development of new building codes and
standards and rehabilitation and reconstruction practices at the national or local levels,
as appropriate, with the aim of making them more applicable within the local context,
particularly in informal and marginal human settlements, and reinforce the capacity to
implement, survey and enforce such codes through an appropriate approach, with a view
to fostering disaster-resistant structures;
(i) To enhance the resilience of national health systems, including by integrating disaster risk
management into primary, secondary and tertiary health care, especially at the local level;
developing the capacity of health workers in understanding disaster risk and applying and
implementing disaster risk reduction approaches in health work; promoting and enhancing
the training capacities in the field of disaster medicine; and supporting and training
community health groups in disaster risk reduction approaches in health programmes,
in collaboration with other sectors, as well as in the implementation of the International
Health Regulations (2005) of the World Health Organization;
(j) To strengthen the design and implementation of inclusive policies and social safety-net
mechanisms, including through community involvement, integrated with livelihood
enhancement programmes, and access to basic health-care services, including maternal,
newborn and child health, sexual and reproductive health, food security and nutrition,
housing and education, towards the eradication of poverty, to find durable solutions in
the post-disaster phase and to empower and assist people disproportionately affected by
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 (k) People with life-threatening and chronic disease, due to their particular needs, should be
included in the design of policies and plans to manage their risks before, during and after
disasters, including having access to life-saving services;
(l) To encourage the adoption of policies and programmes addressing disaster-induced human
mobility to strengthen the resilience of affected people and that of host communities, in
accordance with national laws and circumstances;
(m) To promote, as appropriate, the integration of disaster risk reduction considerations and
measures in financial and fiscal instruments;
(n) To strengthen the sustainable use and management of ecosystems and implement

integrated environmental and natural resource management approaches that incorporate
disaster risk reduction;
(o) To increase business resilience and protection of livelihoods and productive assets

throughout the supply chains, ensure continuity of services and integrate disaster risk
management into business models and practices;
(p) To strengthen the protection of livelihoods and productive assets, including livestock,
working animals, tools and seeds;
(q) To promote and integrate disaster risk management approaches throughout the tourism
industry, given the often heavy reliance on tourism as a key economic driver.
Global and regional levels
31. To achieve this, it is important:
(a) To promote coherence across systems, sectors and organizations related to sustainable
development and to disaster risk reduction in their policies, plans, programmes and
processes;
(b) To promote the development and strengthening of disaster risk transfer and sharing
mechanisms and instruments in close cooperation with partners in the international
community, business, international financial institutions and other relevant stakeholders;
(c) To promote cooperation between academic, scientific and research entities and networks
and the private sector to develop new products and services to help to reduce disaster risk,
in particular those that would assist developing countries and their specific challenges;
(d) To encourage the coordination between global and regional financial institutions with a
view to assessing and anticipating the potential economic and social impacts of disasters;
(e) To enhance cooperation between health authorities and other relevant stakeholders to
strengthen country capacity for disaster risk management for health, the implementation
of the International Health Regulations (2005) and the building of resilient health systems;
(f) To strengthen and promote collaboration and capacity-building for the protection of
productive assets, including livestock, working animals, tools and seeds;
(g) To promote and support the development of social safety nets as disaster risk reduction
measures linked to and integrated with livelihood enhancement programmes in order to
ensure resilience to shocks at the household and community levels;
(h) To strengthen and broaden international efforts aimed at eradicating hunger and poverty
through disaster risk reduction;
(i) To promote and support collaboration among relevant public and private stakeholders to
enhance the resilience of business to disasters.

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Priority 4: Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better”
in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction
32. The steady growth of disaster risk, including the increase of people and assets exposure,
combined with the lessons learned from past disasters, indicates the need to further strengthen
disaster preparedness for response, take action in anticipation of events, integrate disaster
risk reduction in response preparedness and ensure that capacities are in place for effective
response and recovery at all levels. Empowering women and persons with disabilities to publicly
lead and promote gender equitable and universally accessible response, recovery, rehabilitation
and reconstruction approaches is key. Disasters have demonstrated that the recovery,
rehabilitation and reconstruction phase, which needs to be prepared ahead of a disaster, is a
critical opportunity to “Build Back Better”, including through integrating disaster risk reduction
into development measures, making nations and communities resilient to disasters.
National and local levels
33. To achieve this, it is important:
(a) To prepare or review and periodically update disaster preparedness and contingency
policies, plans and programmes with the involvement of the relevant institutions,
considering climate change scenarios and their impact on disaster risk, and facilitating, as
appropriate, the participation of all sectors and relevant stakeholders;
(b) To invest in, develop, maintain and strengthen people-centred multi-hazard, multisectoral
forecasting and early warning systems, disaster risk and emergency communications
mechanisms, social technologies and hazard-monitoring telecommunications systems;
develop such systems through a participatory process; tailor them to the needs of users,
including social and cultural requirements, in particular gender; promote the application of
simple and low-cost early warning equipment and facilities; and broaden release channels
for natural disaster early warning information;
(c) To promote the resilience of new and existing critical infrastructure, including water,
transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, educational facilities, hospitals and
other health facilities, to ensure that they remain safe, effective and operational during and
after disasters in order to provide live-saving and essential services;
(d) To establish community centres for the promotion of public awareness and the stockpiling
of necessary materials to implement rescue and relief activities;
(e) To adopt public policies and actions that support the role of public service workers to
establish or strengthen coordination and funding mechanisms and procedures for relief
assistance and plan and prepare for post-disaster recovery and reconstruction;
(f) To train the existing workforce and voluntary workers in disaster response and strengthen
technical and logistical capacities to ensure better response in emergencies;
(g) To ensure the continuity of operations and planning, including social and economic recovery,
and the provision of basic services in the post-disaster phase;
(h) To promote regular disaster preparedness, response and recovery exercises, including
evacuation drills, training and the establishment of area-based support systems, with
a view to ensuring rapid and effective response to disasters and related displacement,
including access to safe shelter, essential food and non-food relief supplies, as appropriate
to local needs;
(i) To promote the cooperation of diverse institutions, multiple authorities and related
stakeholders at all levels, including affected communities and business, in view of the
complex and costly nature of post-disaster reconstruction, under the coordination of
national authorities;
(j) To promote the incorporation of disaster risk management into post-disaster recovery and
rehabilitation processes, facilitate the link between relief, rehabilitation and development,
use opportunities during the recovery phase to develop capacities that reduce disaster
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such as land-use planning, structural standards improvement and the sharing of expertise,
knowledge, post-disaster reviews and lessons learned and integrate post-disaster
reconstruction into the economic and social sustainable development of affected areas.
This should also apply to temporary settlements for persons displaced by disasters;
(k) To develop guidance for preparedness for disaster reconstruction, such as on land-use
planning and structural standards improvement, including by learning from the recovery
and reconstruction programmes over the decade since the adoption of the Hyogo
Framework for Action, and exchanging experiences, knowledge and lessons learned;
(l) To consider the relocation of public facilities and infrastructures to areas outside the risk
range, wherever possible, in the post-disaster reconstruction process, in consultation with
the people concerned, as appropriate;
(m) To strengthen the capacity of local authorities to evacuate persons living in disaster-prone
areas;
(n) To establish a mechanism of case registry and a database of mortality caused by disaster
in order to improve the prevention of morbidity and mortality;
(o) To enhance recovery schemes to provide psychosocial support and mental health services
for all people in need;
(p) To review and strengthen, as appropriate, national laws and procedures on international
cooperation, based on the Guidelines for the Domestic Facilitation and Regulation of
International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance.
Global and regional levels
34. To achieve this, it is important:
(a) To develop and strengthen, as appropriate, coordinated regional approaches and

operational mechanisms to prepare for and ensure rapid and effective disaster response in
situations that exceed national coping capacities;
(b) To promote the further development and dissemination of instruments, such as standards,
codes, operational guides and other guidance instruments, to support coordinated action in
disaster preparedness and response and facilitate information sharing on lessons learned
and best practices for policy practice and post-disaster reconstruction programmes;
(c) To promote the further development of and investment in effective, nationally compatible,
regional multi-hazard early warning mechanisms, where relevant, in line with the Global
Framework for Climate Services, and facilitate the sharing and exchange of information
across all countries;
(d) To enhance international mechanisms, such as the International Recovery Platform, for the
sharing of experience and learning among countries and all relevant stakeholders;
(e) To support, as appropriate, the efforts of relevant United Nations entities to strengthen and
implement global mechanisms on hydrometeorological issues in order to raise awareness
and improve understanding of water-related disaster risks and their impact on society, and
advance strategies for disaster risk reduction upon the request of States;
(f) To support regional cooperation to deal with disaster preparedness, including through
common exercises and drills;
(g) To promote regional protocols to facilitate the sharing of response capacities and resources
during and after disasters;
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V. Role of stakeholders
35. While States have the overall responsibility for reducing disaster risk, it is a shared
responsibility between Governments and relevant stakeholders. In particular, non-State
stakeholders play an important role as enablers in providing support to States, in accordance
with national policies, laws and regulations, in the implementation of the present Framework
at local, national, regional and global levels. Their commitment, goodwill, knowledge, experience
and resources will be required.
36. When determining specific roles and responsibilities for stakeholders, and at the same time
building on existing relevant international instruments, States should encourage the following
actions on the part of all public and private stakeholders:
(a) Civil society, volunteers, organized voluntary work organizations and community-based
organizations to participate, in collaboration with public institutions, to, inter alia, provide
specific knowledge and pragmatic guidance in the context of the development and
implementation of normative frameworks, standards and plans for disaster risk reduction;
engage in the implementation of local, national, regional and global plans and strategies;
contribute to and support public awareness, a culture of prevention and education on
disaster risk; and advocate for resilient communities and an inclusive and all-of-society
disaster risk management that strengthen synergies across groups, as appropriate. On this
point, it should be noted that:
(i) Women and their participation are critical to effectively managing disaster risk and
designing, resourcing and implementing gender-sensitive disaster risk reduction
policies, plans and programmes; and adequate capacity building measures need to be
taken to empower women for preparedness as well as to build their capacity to secure
alternate means of livelihood in post-disaster situations;
(ii) Children and youth are agents of change and should be given the space and modalities
to contribute to disaster risk reduction, in accordance with legislation, national practice
and educational curricula;
(iii) Persons with disabilities and their organizations are critical in the assessment of
disaster risk and in designing and implementing plans tailored to specific requirements,
taking into consideration, inter alia, the principles of universal design;
(iv) Older persons have years of knowledge, skills and wisdom, which are invaluable assets
to reduce disaster risk, and they should be included in the design of policies, plans and
mechanisms, including for early warning;
(v) Indigenous peoples, through their experience and traditional knowledge, provide
an important contribution to the development and implementation of plans and
mechanisms, including for early warning;
(vi) Migrants contribute to the resilience of communities and societies, and their knowledge,
skills and capacities can be useful in the design and implementation of disaster risk
reduction;
(b) Academia, scientific and research entities and networks to focus on the disaster risk factors
and scenarios, including emerging disaster risks, in the medium and long term; increase
research for regional, national and local application; support action by local communities
and authorities; and support the interface between policy and science for decision-making;
(c) Business, professional associations and private sector financial institutions, including
financial regulators and accounting bodies, as well as philanthropic foundations, to
integrate disaster risk management, including business continuity, into business models
and practices through disaster-risk-informed investments, especially in micro, small and
medium-sized enterprises; engage in awareness-raising and training for their employees
and customers; engage in and support research and innovation, as well as technological
development for disaster risk management; share and disseminate knowledge, practices
and non-sensitive data; and actively participate, as appropriate and under the guidance of
the public sector, in the development of normative frameworks and technical standards
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(d) Media to take an active and inclusive role at the local, national, regional and global levels
in contributing to the raising of public awareness and understanding and disseminate
accurate and non-sensitive disaster risk, hazard and disaster information, including on
small-scale disasters, in a simple, transparent, easy-to-understand and accessible manner,
in close cooperation with national authorities; adopt specific disaster risk reduction
communications policies; support, as appropriate, early warning systems and life-saving
protective measures; and stimulate a culture of prevention and strong community
involvement in sustained public education campaigns and public consultations at all levels
of society, in accordance with national practices.
37. With reference to General Assembly resolution 68/211 of 20 December 2013, commitments
by relevant stakeholders are important in order to identify modalities of cooperation and to
implement the present Framework. Those commitments should be specific and time-bound in
order to support the development of partnerships at local, national, regional and global levels
and the implementation of local and national disaster risk reduction strategies and plans. All
stakeholders are encouraged to publicize their commitments and their fulfilment in support
of the implementation of the present Framework, or of the national and local disaster risk
management plans, through the website of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.

VI. International cooperation and global partnership
General considerations
38. Given their different capacities, as well as the linkage between the level of support provided
to them and the extent to which they will be able to implement the present Framework,
developing countries require an enhanced provision of means of implementation, including
adequate, sustainable and timely resources, through international cooperation and global
partnerships for development, and continued international support, so as to strengthen their
efforts to reduce disaster risk.
39. International cooperation for disaster risk reduction includes a variety of sources and is a
critical element in supporting the efforts of developing countries to reduce disaster risk.
40. In addressing economic disparity and disparity in technological innovation and research
capacity among countries, it is crucial to enhance technology transfer, involving a process of
enabling and facilitating flows of skill, knowledge, ideas, know-how and technology from
developed to developing countries in the implementation of the present Framework.
41. Disaster-prone developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, small
island developing States, landlocked developing countries and African countries, as well as
middle-income countries facing specific challenges, warrant particular attention in view of their
higher vulnerability and risk levels, which often greatly exceed their capacity to respond to and
recover from disasters. Such vulnerability requires the urgent strengthening of international
cooperation and ensuring genuine and durable partnerships at the regional and international
levels in order to support developing countries to implement the present Framework, in
accordance with their national priorities and needs. Similar attention and appropriate assistance
should also be extended to other disaster-prone countries with specific characteristics, such as
archipelagic countries, as well as countries with extensive coastlines.
42. Disasters can disproportionately affect small island developing States, owing to their unique
and particular vulnerabilities. The effects of disasters, some of which have increased in intensity
and have been exacerbated by climate change, impede their progress towards sustainable
development. Given the special case of small island developing States, there is a critical need
to build resilience and to provide particular support through the implementation of the SIDS
Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway 11 in the area of disaster risk reduction.
43. African countries continue to face challenges related to disasters and increasing risks,
including those related to enhancing resilience of infrastructure, health and livelihoods. These
challenges require increased international cooperation and the provision of adequate support to
African countries to allow for the implementation of the present Framework.

11. General Assembly resolution 69/15, annex.

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44. North-South cooperation, complemented by South-South and triangular cooperation, has
proven to be key to reducing disaster risk and there is a need to further strengthen cooperation
in both areas. Partnerships play an additional important role by harnessing the full potential of
countries and supporting their national capacities in disaster risk management and in improving
the social, health and economic well-being of individuals, communities and countries.
45. Efforts by developing countries offering South-South and triangular cooperation should not
reduce North-South cooperation from developed countries as they complement North-South
cooperation.
46. Financing from a variety of international sources, public and private transfer of reliable,
affordable, appropriate and modern environmentally sound technology, on concessional and
preferential terms, as mutually agreed, capacity-building assistance for developing countries
and enabling institutional and policy environments at all levels are critically important means of
reducing disaster risk.
Means of implementation
47. To achieve this, it is necessary:
(a) To reaffirm that developing countries need enhanced provision of coordinated, sustained
and adequate international support for disaster risk reduction, in particular for the least
developed countries, small island developing States, landlocked developing countries and
African countries, as well as middle-income countries facing specific challenges, through
bilateral and multilateral channels, including through enhanced technical and financial support
and technology transfer on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed, for the
development and strengthening of their capacities;
(b) To enhance access of States, in particular developing countries, to finance, environmentally
sound technology, science and inclusive innovation, as well as knowledge and informationsharing through existing mechanisms, namely bilateral, regional and multilateral collaborative
arrangements, including the United Nations and other relevant bodies;
(c) To promote the use and expansion of thematic platforms of cooperation, such as global
technology pools and global systems to share know-how, innovation and research and ensure
access to technology and information on disaster risk reduction;
(d) To incorporate disaster risk reduction measures into multilateral and bilateral development
assistance programmes within and across all sectors, as appropriate, related to poverty
reduction, sustainable development, natural resource management, the environment, urban
development and adaptation to climate change.
Support from international organizations
48. To support the implementation of the present Framework, the following is necessary:
(a) The United Nations and other international and regional organizations, international and
regional financial institutions and donor agencies engaged in disaster risk reduction are
requested, as appropriate, to enhance the coordination of their strategies in this regard;
(b) The entities of the United Nations system, including the funds and programmes and
the specialized agencies, through the United Nations Plan of Action on Disaster Risk
Reduction for Resilience, United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks and
country programmes, to promote the optimum use of resources and to support developing
countries, at their request, in the implementation of the present Framework, in coordination
with other relevant frameworks, such as the International Health Regulations (2005),
including through the development and the strengthening of capacities and clear and
focused programmes that support the priorities of States in a balanced, well-coordinated
and sustainable manner, within their respective mandates;
(c) The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, in particular, to support the
implementation, follow-up and review of the present Framework by: preparing periodic
reviews on progress, in particular for the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, and,
as appropriate, in a timely manner, along with the follow-up process at the United Nations,

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supporting the development of coherent global and regional follow-up and indicators,
and in coordination, as appropriate, with other relevant mechanisms for sustainable
development and climate change, and updating the existing web-based Hyogo Framework
for Action Monitor accordingly; participating actively in the work of the Inter-Agency and
Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators; generating evidence-based and
practical guidance for implementation in close collaboration with States and through the
mobilization of experts; reinforcing a culture of prevention among relevant stakeholders
through supporting development of standards by experts and technical organizations,
advocacy initiatives and dissemination of disaster risk information, policies and practices,
as well as by providing education and training on disaster risk reduction through affiliated
organizations; supporting countries, including through national platforms or their
equivalent, in their development of national plans and monitoring trends and patterns in
disaster risk, loss and impacts; convening the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
and supporting the organization of regional platforms for disaster risk reduction in
cooperation with regional organizations; leading the revision of the United Nations Plan
of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience; facilitating the enhancement of, and
continuing to service, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Scientific and
Technical Advisory Group in mobilizing science and technical work on disaster risk reduction;
leading, in close coordination with States, the update of the publication entitled “2009
UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction”, in line with the terminology agreed upon
by States; and maintaining the stakeholders’ commitment registry;
(d) International financial institutions, such as the World Bank and regional development
banks, to consider the priorities of the present Framework for providing financial support
and loans for integrated disaster risk reduction to developing countries;
(e) Other international organizations and treaty bodies, including the Conference of the Parties
to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, international financial
institutions at the global and regional levels and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement to support developing countries, at their request, in the implementation of the
present Framework, in coordination with other relevant frameworks;
(f) The United Nations Global Compact, as the main United Nations initiative for engagement
with the private sector and business, to further engage with and promote the critical
importance of disaster risk reduction for sustainable development and resilience;
(g) The overall capacity of the United Nations system to assist developing countries in disaster
risk reduction should be strengthened by providing adequate resources through various
funding mechanisms, including increased, timely, stable and predictable contributions to
the United Nations Trust Fund for Disaster Reduction and by enhancing the role of the Trust
Fund in relation to the implementation of the present Framework;
(h) The Inter-Parliamentary Union and other relevant regional bodies and mechanisms for
parliamentarians, as appropriate, to continue supporting and advocating disaster risk
reduction and the strengthening of national legal frameworks;
(i) The United Cities and Local Government organization and other relevant bodies of local
governments to continue supporting cooperation and mutual learning among local
governments for disaster risk reduction and the implementation of the present Framework.
Follow-up actions
49. The Conference invites the General Assembly, at its seventieth session, to consider the
possibility of including the review of the global progress in the implementation of the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 as part of its integrated and coordinated
follow-up processes to United Nations conferences and summits, aligned with the Economic and
Social Council, the High-level Political Forum for Sustainable Development and the quadrennial
comprehensive policy review cycles, as appropriate, taking into account the contributions of the
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and regional platforms for disaster risk reduction
and the Hyogo Framework for Action Monitor system.

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50. The Conference recommends to the General Assembly the establishment, at its sixty-ninth
session, of an open-ended intergovernmental working group, comprising experts nominated by
Member States, and supported by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, with
involvement of relevant stakeholders, for the development of a set of possible indicators to
measure global progress in the implementation of the present Framework in conjunction with
the work of the Inter-Agency and Expert Group On Sustainable Development Goal Indicators.
The Conference also recommends that the working group consider the recommendations of the
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Scientific and Technical Advisory Group on
the update of the publication entitled “2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction”
by December 2016, and that the outcome of its work be submitted to the Assembly for its
consideration and adoption.

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Index

A
Academia
responsibilities of: 19(e); 36(b)
partnership with: 7; 25(d)
Access
to data: 24(f); 25(c)
to early warning: 18(g); 33(b)
to live-saving services: 30(k)
to risk information/risk assessment: 18(g) (See also
information, freely accessible and available)
Accessibility: See universally accessible response;
inclusiveness.
Accountability for reducing/managing risk: 19(e) (See also
public policies to enhance transparency)
Accounting of disaster losses: 24(d); 36(c)
Accounting bodies, responsibilities of: 36(c)
Advocacy: 36(a); 48(c)
Affected areas, development of: 33(j) (See also areas outside
of risk range)
Affected persons: 4; 18; 19(d); 30(j)
African countries, needs of: 8; 17; 19(m); 41; 43; 47(a)
Age perspective on policy: 19(d); 19(g)
Agriculture: 28(b)
All-of-society engagement: 19(d); 36(a) (See also stakeholders,
engagement with)
Analysis: see data analysis.
Animals: 30(p); 31(f)
Anticipatory approach: 30(f); 31(d)
Archipelagic countries: 41
Area-based support systems
for response: 33(h)
for disaster-related displacement: 33(h)
Areas outside of risk range: 33(l)
Assessment
of capacity: 24(b); 27(c)
of land degradation: 30(f)
of pre-disaster risk: 23
of risk: 14; 23; 24(b); 25(a); 25(b); 25(g)
of social impact of disaster: 24(d); 31(d)
methodologies and models for: 24(j)
periodic assessment of national/local progress: 27(e)
economic impact assessments: 30(c)
environmental impact assessments: 30(c)
social impact assessments: 30(c)
structural impact assessments: 30(c)
technological impact assessment: 30(c) (See also periodic
review of Sendai Framework; national periodic
assessment of progress )
Assets, reducing loss of: 16
Assistance, its regulation in recovery phase: 33(p)
Awareness-raising: 3; 19(k); 24(m); 25(f); 27(a); 33(d); 36(a);
36(c); 36(d)
B
Baseline: 24(b)
Basic services in post-disaster phase: 33(g)
Big data: 25(c)
Bilateral cooperation: See cooperation at bilateral level
Biodiversity: 28(b)
Biological hazards: 15
“Build Back Better”: 6; 19(k); 32
Building better from the start: 30(c)
Building codes: 27(d); 30(h)
Business
28

continuity of: 36(c)
resilience of: 30(o); 31(i)
responsibility of business sector: 19(e); 36(c)
incorporating disaster risk in business management
practices:7; 30(o)
Budget allocations: 2; 27(i)
C
Capacity strengthening
for response and emergencies: 33(f)
of persons to reduce/manage risk: 23; 33(j)
of technical and scientific capacity: 24(j) (See also tailor

made plans for capacity-building of developing
countries)
Case registry for morbidity: See morbidity.
Central government, responsibility of: 19(b); 19(f) (See also
governance, federal system)
Centres
for public awareness: 33(d)
for stockpiling rescue/relief material: 33(d)
Child health: 30(j)
Children: 4; 7; 36(a)(ii)
Chronic disease: 30(k) (See also health)
Citizens, voluntary work of: 19(d)
Citizenship: see responsible citizenship.
Civic education: 24(l) (See also education campaigns by
media)
Civil society, coordination with public sector: 7; 27(h); 27(j);
36(a) (See also knowledge of civil society)
Climate change
and disaster risk reduction: 4; 6; 11; 12; 19(h); 28(b); 28(c);
47(d)
as a risk driver: 12; 42
scenarios for: 25(b); 33(a)
Climate variability: 6
Coastlines/coastal flood plains: 28(d); 30(g); 41
Coherence: 11; 12; 48(c) (See also sustainable development
and disaster risk reduction; health and disaster risk
reduction, climate change and disaster risk reduction;
environmental management and disaster risk reduction;
tools and instruments for disaster risk reduction; relief,
rehabilitation and development, link between; post2015 development agenda; development assistance and
disaster risk reduction)
Commitments for implementation: 1(d); 48(c)
by developed countries: 19(l)
by States: 2
by stakeholders: 35; 37; 48(c)
political commitments: 3
Communications
mechanisms: See disaster risk communications
mechanisms; emergency communications
mechanisms; participatory process for developing
communications systems.
policies: 36(d)
Community
knowledge of communities: 24(g); 36(a)
protection of communities: 5
roles of community representatives within disaster risk
reduction institutions: 27(f)
training of community health groups: 30(i)
working with communities/community based
organizations: 24(o); 27(h); 35
Community of practitioners, engagement with Government: 7

Compounding factors: 6 (See also risk factors)
Concessions
for use of copyrighted material: 25(h)
for technology transfer: 47(a)
for use of environmentally sound technology: 45
Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change: 48(e)
Consultations with the public: 36(d)
Contingency plans: 33(a)
Continuity of operations and planning, post-disaster: 33(g)
Cooperation
at bilateral level: 8; 19(a); 47(a)
at international level: 6; 8; 17; 18(f); 19(a); 19(i); 25(c); 38;
39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47(a); 47(b); 47(c); 47(d);
48
at regional level: 8; 19(a); 28(a); 34(f)
at subregional level: 8; 19(a); 28(a); 28(c)
between stakeholders: 3; 31(c); 31(e); 33(i)
of multilateral nature: 47(a)
on transboundary issues: 8; 19(a)
on international disaster relief: 33(p)
forums for cooperation: 3
Coordination
of preparedness/response: 33(b)
between institutions: 14
between sectors: 14; 19(e)
between stakeholders: 19(e); 27(h)
under national authorities: 33(i); 35; 36(c); 36(d)
coordinated regional approaches: 34(a) (See also regional
operational mechanisms)
Coping capacities of nations: 34(a)
Copyrighted/patented material, availability of: 25(h) (See
concessions for use of copyrighted/patented material)
Cost-effectiveness of disaster risk reduction: 3 (See also
hidden cost of disaster)
Countries
protection of: 5
countries facing specific disaster risk challenges: 19(m);
30(c); 47(a)
Critical facilities, resilience of: 30(c) (See also infrastructure;
schools, resilience of; hospitals, physical infrastructure,
universal design, standardization of building materials,
retrofitting, culture of maintenance)
Cross-sectoral approach: 15; 24(i); 27(a); 47(d)
Culture: 19(d)
of maintenance: 30(c)
of prevention: 25(f); 36(a); 36(d);
disaster impact on: 48(c)
regard for: 33(b)
cultural assets: 19(c)
cultural and collecting institutions: 30(d)
cultural measures for reducing risk: 17
cultural heritage, impact of disaster on and protection of:
5; 24(d); 30(d)
cultural resilience: 14

D
Data
disaggregated: 19(g)
non-sensitive: See non-sensitive information/data
real-time: 24(f)
data analysis: 24(a); 24(f) (see also Big data)
data collection: 24(a); 24(f)
data management: 24(a)
data usage: 19(g); 24(a); 24(f); 25(a); 25(g); 25(c); 27(f); 33(b);
36(c) (See also end-users of data/information)
data dissemination/exchange of: 19(g); 24(f); 24(o); 36(c);
36(d); 48(c)

mortality database: 33(n)
Decentralization: see resources; decision-making, local level.
Decision-making
in disaster risk management: 24(h)
local level: 19(f)
inclusive nature of: 19(g)
Demographic change: 6; 30(f)
Developed countries, commitments: 19(l)
Developing countries
need for enhanced capability/capacity: 8; 19(a); 19(m); 38;
39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47(a);
support for: 19(m); 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47(a);
48(b); 48(d)
Development assistance and disaster risk reduction: 47(d)
Development and risk: 15
Dialogue, with science: 24(h); 25(d); 27(j)
Dimensions of disaster risk: 23
Disability
disaggregated data on: 19(g)
persons living with: 7; 32; 36(a)(ii)
perspective on disaster risk: 19(d)
Disaster information: see information on disaster
Disaster losses
evaluation: 24(d)
public accounting for: 24(d)
recording: 24(d)
sharing of information on: 24(d); 24(e)
Disaster medicine: 30(i)
Disaster-prone countries: 40
Disaster-resistant structures: 30(h)
Disaster risk communications mechanisms: 33(b) (See also
emergency communications mechanisms)
Disaster risk creation: See prevention of disaster risk creation.
Disaster risk effects
on a spatial scale: 24(b)
on a social scale: 24(b)
Disaster risk management: 3; 19(e); 23; 24(h); 27(d); 28(c)
certification for: 27(j)
challenges to: 24(k)
incorporation into post-disaster recovery/rehabilitation:
33(j)
obstacles: 24(k)
research in: 24(k); 25(i)
Disaster risk reduction
instruments for: 26
integration across policies/plans/programmes/budgets: 2
progress on: 3
social measures for reducing risk: 17
Disaster risk zones/disaster prone areas: 27(k); 33(m)
Disease: See chronic and life threatening disease; health
Disparity of means among countries: 40
Displacement
level of: 4
risk of: 28(d)
support systems for: 33(h) (See also safe shelter; relief
supplies, food and non-food; temporary settlements)
Dissemination
of information/data: See data
of tools: 25(a)
Domestic law: see national law
Domestic resources/capabilities: 8
Drills
for disaster preparedness: 34(f)
for evacuation: 33(h)
Drivers of risk: see risk drivers
Drought prone areas: 30(g)
Drylands: 30(g)

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Early warning
access to: 18(g)
design of: 36(a)(iv); 36(a)(v); 36(d)
enhancing/strengthening of: 14; 25(a)
investing in: 33(b); 34(c)
low cost equipment/facilities for: 33(b)
regional early warning systems compatible with national
systems: 34(c)
(See also information release channels:)
Earth and climate observations: 25(c)
Economic and Social Council: 49
Economy
economic growth: 19(h)
economic impact of disaster: 4; 24(d); 31(d)
economic impact assessments: See assessment of
economic impact
economic challenges to implementation: 24(k)
economic loss, level of: 4
economic loss, reduction of: 18(c)
economic measures for reducing risk: 17
economic recovery planning: 33(g)
economic resilience: 14
protection of economic assets: 5
Ecosystems
decline of: 6
protection of: 5
ecosystems-based approach to disaster risk reduction:
28(d); 30(n)
ecosystem functions that reduce risk: 30(g)
effects on ecoysystems of not reducing risk: 24(b)
Education
on disaster risk and reduction: 19(k);
for professionals: 24(l)
educational campaigns by media: 36(d)
educational curricula: 36(a)(ii)
educational measures for reducing risk: 17
educational resilience: 14
impact of disaster on education: 24(d); 24(g); 24(l); 24(m);
36(a); 48(c)
Educational facilities
reduce damage to: 18(d)
resilience of: 33(c)
(See also One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals initiative)
Educational challenges to implementation: 24(k)
Emergency communications mechanisms: 33(b)
Emerging disaster risk: 36(b)
Empowerment: see local authorities, local communities, the
poorest.
Enabling environment
for achieving the Sendai outcome: 16
for disaster risk reduction within institutions: 46
for disaster risk reduction within local/national/regional/
global policy space: 46
End-users, of data/information: 24(a); 25(e); 33(b); 36(c); 36(d)
Enforcement of building codes: 30(h)
Environment
and resilience: 14
impact of disaster on: 24(d)
understanding of: 23
environmental challenges to implementation: 24(k)
environmental change: 30(f)
environmental hazards: 15
environmental impact of disasters: 4
environmental impact assessments: See assessment of
environmental impact
environmental management and disaster risk reduction:
19(h); 28(b); 47(d)
environmental measures for reducing risk: 17
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protection/management of environmental assets/
resources: 19(c); 27(d)
transfer of/access to environmentally sound technology:
46; 47(b)
Epidemics, risk of: 28(d)
Epidemics, as risk driver: 6
Essential services during/after disaster: 33(c)
Existing risk: 27(b)
Expected outcome: 16
Experience-sharing: 24(g); 25(f)
Experts, mobilized by UNISDR: 48(c)
Exposure to risk
of persons and assets: 4; 17; 23;
assessment of: 24(b)
information on: 25(e)
reduction of: 6
Evacuation in the context of preparedness: 33(m) (See also
drills)
Evidence, to be generated by UNISDR: 48(c)
F
Financial
allocations: 30(a)
impact of disasters: 30(b)
institutions, cooperation with: 31(d); 36(c)
instruments: 30(m)
protection: 30(b)
regulators: 36(c)
Financing
sources of: 45
for developing countries: 19(m); 45
Fiscal instruments: 30(m)
Flood-prone areas: 30(g)
Follow-up
actions (at the United Nations): 49; 50
tools: 30(f)
of the Sendai Framework: 16; 19(e); 27(e); 48(c)
Food
and nutrition: 28(b); 30(j)
food security: 19(h); 30(j)
food supplies: See relief supplies, food and non-food
Forecasting, people-centred multi-hazard: 33(b)
Forecasting, people-centred multisectoral: 33(b)
Forums for government coordination: 27(g) (See also national
and local platforms)
Forums for cooperation: See cooperation
Federal system: see governance
Frequent disasters: 15
“Future We Want”: 12
G
Gaps
in implementation: 9; 24(k)
in research: 25(g)
GDP: 18(c)
General Assembly: See United Nations General Assembly
Gender
perspective on policy: 19(d); 32; 36(a)(i)
gender equitable response: 32
regard for gender requirements: 33(b)
Geospatial information technology: 24(c); 25(c); 25(g) (See also
space data/technology)
GIS: 24(f)
Global Compact: (See United Nations Global Compact)
Global Framework for Climate Services: 34(c)
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction: 3; 28(c); 48(c); 49
Good practices, sharing: 24(g) (See also lessons learned)
Goodwill: 35
Governance for disaster risk reduction: 6; 14; 26

Governance, federal system: 19(b); 19(f)
Government
executive branch: 19(e)
legislative branch: 19(e)
Growth (economic): 19(h); 29
Guidance
for reconstruction: 33(k)
from UNISDR: 48(c)
H
Hazard
definition of: Footnote 3
understanding of hazard characteristics: 23; 24(b)
hazard-monitoring telecommunications system: 33(b)
(See also exposure to hazard)
Health
and disaster risk reduction: 16; 19(h); 28(b)
impact of disaster on: 4; 24(d)
protection of: 5; 19(c)
health authorities, cooperation with: 31(e)
health and safety standards: 27(d)
health measures for reducing risk: 17
health programmes and disaster risk reduction: 30(i)
health resilience: 14
health systems: 31(e)
health workers, developing capacity of: 30(i)
healthcare, basic services in: 30(j)
resilience of health facilities: 18(d); 33(c) (See also One
Million Safe Schools and Hospitals initiative)
safety/effectiveness/operationality of health facilities
during/after disasters: 33(c)
(See also disease; maternal health; newborn health; child
health)
Hidden cost of disaster: 4
High-Level Political Forum for Sustainable Development: 49
Historical sites, protection of: 30(d) (See also religious sites)
Homelessness: 4
Hospitals: 30(c); 33(c) (See also health facilities; One Million
Safe Schools and Hospitals initiative)
Host community, resilience: 30(l)
Households
affected by disaster: 4
resilience of : 31(g)
Housing, as a social safety net mechanism: 30(j)
Hyogo Framework for Action and monitor: 1(b); 1(c); 3; 9; 10;
16; 19; 28(f); 33(k); 48(c); 49
Human rights, promotion/protection of: 19(c)
Human settlements
informal: 30(h) (See also informal housing)
marginal: 30(h)
safe areas: 27(k); 30(g)
Hunger eradication: 31(h)
Hydrometeorological issues, global mechanisms for: 33(e)
I
Implementation of Sendai Framework, institutional support
for: 48; 48(a); 48(b); 48(c); 48(d); 48(e); 48(f); 48(g); 48(h);
48(i)
Incentives: 19(f); 27(a); 27(d)
Inclusiveness: 7; 19(d); 19(g); 36(a); 47(b) (See also universally
accessible response)
Indicators, development of: 18; 27(b); 48(c); 50 (See also
Open-ended intergovernmental working group for the
development of indicators)
Indigenous
knowledge/practices: 24(i); 36(a)(v) (See also traditional
knowledge)
peoples, coordination/ engagement with Government and
public sector: 7; 27(h)

Inequality and disaster risk reduction: 6
Informal housing: 30(f)
Information
disaggregated: 25(e)
freely available and accessible: 24(e)
in situ : 24(f); 25(c)
non-sensitive: See non-sensitive information/data
on disaster: 24(e)
on event-specific hazard-exposure: 24(d)
on event-specific vulnerability: 24(d)
information-sharing arrangements: 14; 34(c); 34(d); 47(b);
47(c)
information and communications technology: 24(f); 25(c)
early warning information release channels: 33(b)
Infrastructure: 18(d); 27(a)
critical: 33(c)
educational facilities: 33(c)
health facilities: 33(c)
hospitals: 30(c); 33(c)
investment in: 30(c)
telecommunications: 33(c)
transportation: 33(c)
water: 33(c)
Infrequent disasters: 15
Injury: 4
Innovation
drivers of: 29
inclusive nature: 47(b)
investment in and access to: 24(k); 25(i)
development of new products and services: 31(c)
Institutions, weaknesses of: 6
Institutional measures for reducing risk: 17
Insurance: 30(b) (See also risk transfer, risk sharing, risk
retention, and financial protection)
Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development
Indicators: 48(c); 50
Inter-Parliamentary Union: 48(h)
Interdependent risk factors: See risk factors
Intergovernmental organizations: 28(c)
International cooperation: See cooperation, international.
International Day for Disaster Reduction: 25(f)
International disaster relief, regulation of: 33(p)
International financial institutions
cooperation with: 31(b)
loans/support for disaster risk reduction: 48(d); 48(e)
International Health Regulations (2005): 30(i); 31(e); 48(b)
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: 48(e)
International Recovery Platform: 34(d)
Investment
for resilience: 9; 14; 29; 30(b); 30(c)
in risk reduction v. response: 19(j)
J
Job creation: 29
K
Know-how: 40
Knowledge
local: 24(i)
of government officials: 24(g)
of civil society: 24(g); 36(a)
of communities: 24(g); 36(a)
of migrants: 36(a)(vi)
of stakeholders: 35
of volunteers: 24(g); 36(a)
Knowledge-sharing/exchange: See lessons learned/good
practice sharing, and information-sharing arrangements.

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L
Laws, developing and upholding: 27(d); 27(f); 48(h)
Land use
land use planning and policy: 27(d); 30(f); 33(j); 33(k)
poor level of land management: 6 (See also assessment of

land degradation)
Landlocked developing countries: 17; 41; 47(a)
Large-scale disaster: 14
Leadership:
of a political nature: 16
of women: 19(d); 32
of youth: 19(d)
Least developed countries, needs of: 8; 17; 19(m); 41; 47(a)
Legal and administrative measures
for improving transparency: 27(a)
for reducing risk: 17; 48(h)
Legislature: 19(e)
Lessons learned/good practice, sharing: 24(g); 25(d); 25(e);
28(a); 33(j); 33(k); 34(b) (See also information-sharing
arrangements)
Life-saving services/measures, during/after disaster: 33(c);
36(d) (See also essential services)
Life threatening disease: 30(k) (See also health)
Lives lost: 4
Livelihoods
protection of: 5; 16; 19(c); 30(o); 30(p)
alternative livelihood after disasters: 36(a)(i)
enhancement programmes for: 30(j); 31(g);
Livestock, protection of: 30(p); 31(f)
Loans/financial support for disaster risk reduction: See
international financial institutions
Local
authorities, empowerment of (as appropriate)/capacity
building: 19(e); 33(m); 48(i)
communities, empowerment of (as appropriate): 19(e)
government: 19(e); 27(g); 48(i)
platforms: 27(g)
regard for local needs: 33(h)
risks at local level: 19(i); 25(b)
disaster risk reduction strategies/plans at local level:
18(e); 36(a)
Logistical resources, allocation of: 30(a)
Logistical capacities for response and emergencies: 33(f)
M
Making Cities Resilient campaign: 25(f)
Mapping: see risk mapping.
Man-made hazards: 15
Mandates of United Nations entities, regard for: 48(b);
footnote 6
Maternal health: 30(j)
Means of implementation: 8; 17; 38 (See also disparity in
means among countries)
Measurement tools: 24(f)
Media: 25(c); 36(d)
Mental health services: 33(o)
Methodologies and models for risk assessment: 24(j) (See
assessment of methodologies and models)
Micro enterprises: 36(c)
Middle-income countries, needs of: 8; 17; 19(m); 41; 47(a)
Migrants, coordination/engagement with Government/public
sector: 7; 27(h); 36(a)(vi);
Millennium Development Goals: 9
Mobile phone networks for risk communication: 25(c)
Mobilization, of community: 24(m)
Mobility: See public policies on disaster-induced human
mobility
Modalities of cooperation: 37

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Monitoring: 14; 25(a); 28(f); 48(c)
Morbidity
case registry for: 33(n)
prevention of: 33(n)
Mortality
database for: 33(n)
level in developing countries: 4
reduction of: 3; 18(a)
Mountains: 30(g)
Multi-hazard approach: 7; 15; 19(g)
in early warning systems/ mechanisms: 14; 18(g); 25(a);
33(b); 34(c)
in forecasting: 33(b)
in research/surveys: 24(k); 25(b)
Multilateral cooperation: See cooperation
Multisectoral approach: 7
Mutually-agreed terms: 46; 47(a)
N
National
authorities relevant to disaster risk: 19(b)
disaster risk reduction strategies: 18(e); 36(a)
focal point for Sendai Framework: 27(g)
health systems: 30(i) (see also primary, secondary and
tertiary health care)
institutions, coordination of: 19(e); 19(f);
periodic assessment of progress: 27(e)
plans for disaster risk reduction: 27(e); 36(a); 48(c)
platforms: 27(g); 48(c)
progress reports: 3
regard for national circumstances: 19; 19(a); 24(b) (See also
nationally-compatible regional mechanisms)
regard for national policies: 35
regard for national practices: 36(d)
regard for national priorities: 17; 41; 48(b)
obligations under international agreements/
commitments: 8; 19
Nationally-compatible regional mechanisms: 33(c)
Natural hazards: 15
Natural resource management and disaster risk reduction: 6;
30(n); 47(d)
Newborn health: 30(j)
Non-discrimination: 19(d)
Non-formal education: 24(l)
Non-governmental organizations: 24(o)
Non-risk-informed policies: 6
Non-permanent housing: 30(f)
Non-sensitive information/data: 19(g); 24(e); 25(c); 28(f); 36(c);
36(d)
Non-structural measures: 29
Normative frameworks: 36(a); 36(c)
North-South cooperation: 44; 45
O
Official development assistance: 19(l) (See also development
assistance and disaster risk reduction)
Older persons, engagement with: 7; 36(a)(iv)
One Million Safe Schools and Hospitals initiative: 25(f)
Open-ended intergovernmental working group for the
development of indicators: 50
Outcome: see expected outcome.
Outreach to private sector: 19(e)
P
Pandemics: 6
Parliamentarians: 27(e); 27(i)
Participation
of inclusive/accessible/non-discriminatory nature: 19(d)

of relevant stakeholders: 26
of relevant stakeholders, as appropriate: 33(a)
participatory process for developing communications

systems: 33(b)
Partnership
across mechanisms/institutions: 26
across all levels: 37
at global level: 19(l)
with all of society: 19(d)
with private sector: 19(e)
Patented material: see copyrighted material.
Patterns in disaster risk, UNISDR monitoring of: 48(c)
Physical infrastructure: 30(c)
Peer learning/mutual learning: 24(g); 25(f); 28(e); 48(i)
Peer review: 28(e)
People-centred approach: 7
Periodic assessment of national/local progress (See national
periodic assessment; assessment of national/local
progress)
Periodic review of Sendai Framework: 1(e); 48(c)
Policies
tailored to localities: 24(i)
dissemination by UNISDR: 48(c)
Political
leadership: See leadership
measures for reducing risk: 17
Poor people/the poorest: 7; 19(d)
Post-2015 development agenda: 11
Post-disaster
response and review: 19(j); 25(g); 30(j)
recovery and reconstruction policies: 33(e)
Poverty
and disaster risk reduction: 6; 47(d)
eradication of: 2; 11; 12; 28(b); 30(j); 31(h)
reduction of: 47(d)
Practices, dissemination by UNISDR: 48(c)
Pre-disaster risk assessment: See assessment
Preferential terms for technology transfer: 45; 47(a) (See also
concessions for use of environmentally sound technology)
Preparedness, response and recovery
measures: 17; 23; 32
exercises: 33(h)
Preventing losses: 29
Prevention
and mitigation of disaster: 23
of disaster risk creation: 6; 17; 19(k); 27(b)
Progress reports
mechanisms and standards for: 27(e); 27(g)
(See also national progress reports; regional progress
reports)
Protection
of persons: 5; 19(c)
of property: 19(c); footnote 3
Primary health care: 30(i)
Primary responsibility of States: 19(a); 35
Principles of disaster risk reduction: 19
Private sector
knowledge base: 24(g)
responsibilities of: 19(e)
investment to address underlying risk factors: 19(j)
partnering with: 25(d); 25(f); 27(j); 48(f) (See also public private collaborations)
Productive assets/tools, protection of: 19(c); 30(o); 30(p); 31(f)
Professional associations: 27(j)
Property: See protection of property
Psychosocial support: 33(o)
Public accounting of disaster losses: 24(d)
Public policies

on disaster-induced human mobility: 30(l)
on the coordination of relief assistance: 33(e) (See also
relief supplies)
on disaster-risk reduction communication: 36(d)
on enhancing transparency: 27(a)(iii)
on funding of relief assistance: 33(e)
on land-use: 30(f)
on the role of public service workers: 33(e)
on post-disaster recovery and reconstruction: 33(e)
on procedures for relief assistance: 33(e)
on shared natural resources: 28(d)
that are gender-sensitive: 36(a)(i)
that are risk-informed: 28(c);
to enhance transparency: 27(a)
designed with inclusion of terminally and chronically ill:
30(k)
designed with older persons: 36(a)(iv)
disseminated by UNISDR: 48(c)
updated based on climate change scenarios: 33(a)
coherence between others and disaster risk reduction:
27(a)
coherence between disaster risk reduction with
sustainable development: 31(a)
incentives for compliance with policies: 27(a)(ii); 27(a)(iii)
resources required by local and national administrative
bodies to implement policies: 30(a)
Public-private collaboration: 7; 31(i)
Public sector, responsibilities of: 19(e)
Public service workers: See public policies on public service
workers
Public scrutiny and debates: 27(e) (See also parliamentarians)
Q
Quadrennial comprehensive policy review: 49
R
Rebuilding: 30(c)
Rehabilitation (See recovery, rehabilitation and
reconstruction)
Recovery assistance, regulation of: 33(p)
Reconstruction (See recovery, rehabilitation and
reconstruction)
Recovery, rehabilitation, reconstruction: 6; 14; 19(k); 29; 30(h);
33(j); 33(k)
Reducing losses: 29
Regional
cooperation: See cooperation at regional level
early warning mechanisms: 34(c)
organizations: 48(c)
operational mechanisms: 34(a)
protocols: 34(g)
progress reports: 3
regional platforms/subregional platforms: 3; 28(c); 48(c);
49
regional and subregional strategies: 1(a); 28(a); 36(a)
Registry of commitments, maintained by UNISDR: 48(c)
Regulations
for services and infrastructure: 27(a)
for enhancing safety: 27(d)
Relief assistance, public policies for coordinating/funding of
and procedures for: 33(e) (See also relief supplies)
Relief, rehabilitation and development, link between: 33(j)
Relief supplies, food and non-food: 33(h)
Religious sites: 30(d)
Relocation: 27(k); 30(l); 33(l)
in consultation with affected persons: 33(l)
Reporting: 27(a)(iii) (See also progress reporting)
Research

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 in disaster risk management: 24(k)
in risk and resilience: 14; 36(b)
Resilience: 2; 5; 17; 18(d); 27(b); 32; 33(c); footnote 2
Resources
decentralization of: 19(f)
allocation of: 30(a)
of stakeholders: 35
Response: 6; 14; 17; 19(j); 23; 24(l); 26; 32; 33(f); 33(h); 34(a);
34(b) ; 34(g); 34(h); footnote 5
Responsible citizenship: 25(f)
Responsibilities
definition of: 27(a); 27(f)
sharing of: 19(b); 35
Retroffiting: 30(c)
Review of global progress on Sendai Framework: 49
Right to development: 19(c)
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: 12
Risk
assessment of: See assessment of risk
drivers: 19(i)
factors
compounding : 6
interdependent factors: 24(k)
sequential effects of risk factors: 24(b)
underlying: 6; 9; 19(j)
knowledge: 24(l)
maps/mapping: 24(c); 25(a); 25(b); 30(g)
modelling: 25(a); 25(g)
retention: 30(b)
risk and development: 15
sharing: 30(b); 31(b)
transfer: 30(b); 31(b)
risk-informed decision-making: 19(g)
risk-informed investment: 36(c)
risk information, in all its dimensions: 24(n)
(See also spatial dimension of risk; time frames for
disaster risk reduction)
River basins/rivers: 28(d); 30(g)
Rural development planning: 30(g)
S
Safety: 4; 27(d); footnote 5 (See also health and safety
standards)
SAMOA Pathway: 42
Sasakawa Award: 25(f)
Saving lives: 29
Scenarios
for climate change: See climate change scenarios
for disaster risk: See emerging disaster risk
Schools, resilience of: 30(c) (See also educational facilities.)
Science
and decision-making: 25(g); 36(b)
access by developing countries: 47(b)
science-based information: 19(g)
science-policy interface: 24(h); 36(b)
science-tradition interface: 24(i)
scientific research: 25(g)
scientific and research institutions: 7
Secondary health care: 30(i)
Sectors
responsibilities of: 19(b)
coordination of: 19(e)
sector-specific policies: 24(i); 27(g)
(See also cross-sectoral approach; multisectoral
approach)
Sequential effects of risk factors: 24(b) (See also risk factors)
Settlements: See human settlements; temporary settlements
Sex disaggregated data: 19(g)

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Sexual and reproductive health: 30(j)
Seeds: 30(p); 31(f)
Shared responsibility: See responsibility, sharing of.
Shelter in the context of displacement: 33(h) (See also
displacement, support systems for; temporary
settlements)
Skills: 40
Small-scale disasters: 4; 15; 36(d)
Small island developing States, needs of: 17; 19(m); 41; 42;
47(a)
Small and medium enterprises: 4; 36(c) (See also micro
enterprises)
Slow-onset disasters: 4; 15
Social effects of disaster risk: 24(b) (See also social impact
assessment; social impact of disaster)
Social challenges to implementation: 24(k)
Social impact of disaster: 4; 31(d) (See also social impact
assessment)
Social media: 24(m); 25(c)
Social recovery planning: 33(g)
Social requirements, regard for: 33(b)
Social resilience: 14
Social safety-net mechanisms, strengthening of: 30(j); 31(g)
Social technologies: 33(b)
South-South cooperation: 44; 445
Space
information: 24(f)
technology: 25(c)
Spatial dimension of risk: See disaster risk effects on a spatial
scale
Stakeholders
engagement with: 7; 14; 35 (See also all-of-society
engagement)
responsibilities/roles of: 19(b); 35
complementarity between: 19(e)
coordination of: 19(e); 36
(See also commitment of stakeholders)
Standards
development of: 27(j); 35; 36(c); 48(c)
revision of/improvement: 30(h); 33(j); 33(k)
(See also health and safety standards; progress reporting
standards; coordination of reparedness/response;
regional protocols)
Standardization of building materials: 30(c)
Statistics: 25(a)
Stockpile of rescue/relief material: See centres for stockpiling
rescue/relief material
Structural impact assessment: See assessment of structural
impact
Structural measures: 17; 29 (See also non-structural
measures)
Subregional cooperation: See cooperation
Sudden disasters: 15
Supply chains
complexity of: 6
resilience of: 30(o)
Sustainable development and disaster risk reduction: 2; 3; 4;
10; 12; 19(h); 19(j); 28(a); 28(f); 31(a); 47(d); 48(c); 49
Synergizing activities: 36(a)
T
Tailor-made plans
for capacity building of developing countries: 17; 19(m);
45; 47(a)
for communications systems: 33(b)
for person with disabilities: 36(a)(iii)
Targets: 18; 27(b)
Technical support for disaster risk reduction: 47(a)

Technological impact assessments: (See assessment of
technological impact)
Technological hazards: 15
Technological measures for reducing risk: 17
Technology
and resilience: 14
for exchanging information: 25(e)
access to: 47(c)
development of: 36(c)
limited availability of: 6
investment in: 24(k)
transfer of: 25(c); 40; 47(a)
transfer to developing countries: 19(m); 47(b)
technology pools: 47(c)
Telecommunications
infrastructure: 33(c)
systems for hazard monitoring: 33(b)
Temporary settlements: 33(j)
Terminology: 25(g); 48(c); 50
Tertiary health care: 30(i)
Thematic platforms: 28(c); 47(c)
Time frames for disaster risk reduction plans: 27(b); 33(j);
36(b); 37
Tools/instruments
for disaster risk reduction: 28(b)
for recording losses: 25(a)
Tourism and disaster risk management: 30(q)
Traditional knowledge: 19(g); 24(i)
Training
on disaster risk reduction: 24(g); 48(c)
on disaster response: 33(f); 33(h); 34(h)
for professionals/employees: 24(l); 27(a); 36(c) (See also
training on disaster response)
Transboundary cooperation: 8; 19(a); 27(a); 28(d)
Transparency: (See public policies to enhance transparency)
Transportation infrastructure: 33(c)
Triangular cooperation: 44; 45
Trends in disaster risk, UNISDR monitoring of: 48(c)
U
Underlying risk drivers/factors: 6; 9; 19(j) (See also risk
factors)
Understanding risk: 14; 19(i); 23; 24; 25(f) (see also hazard
characteristics, environmental impact assessment;
environmental management and disaster risk reduction;
economic impact assessment: social impact assessment;
health and disaster risk reduction; education on disaster
risk reduction; risk factors)
United Cities and Local Governments: 48(j)
United Nations: 27(j); 34(e); 48(a); 48(b); 48(c); 48(d); 48(e);

48(f); 48(g)
conferences and summits: 49
country programmes: 48(b)
entities and their mandates, regard for: 48(b); footnote 6
follow-up processes: 48(c)
General Assembly 68th session: 37 (See also United
Nations General Assembly resolution 68/211)
General Assembly 69th session: 50
General Assembly 70th session: 49
General Assembly, resolution 68/211: (See United Nations
General Assembly 68th session)
UNISDR
tasks for implementation/follow-up: 48(c); 50
review of Sendai Framework: 48(c); 50
cooperation with regional organizations: 48(c)
website: 37
Scientific and Technical Advisory Group: 25(g); 48(c);
50

(See also: experts, mobilized by UNISDR; evidence to
be generated by UNISDR; guidance from UNISDR;
public policy disseminated by UNISDR; practice
disseminated by UNISDR; registry of commitments,
maintained by UNISDR; trends in disaster risk to be
monitored by UNISDR; patterns in disaster risk to be
monitored by UNISDR)
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development:
12
United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks:
48(b)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change: 12; 48(e)
United Nations Global Compact: 48(f)
United Nations Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction
for Resilience: 48(b); 48(c)
United Nations Trust Fund for Disaster Reduction: 48(g)
Universally accessible response: 32
Universal design: 30(c); 36(a)(iii)
Urban planning/development: 27(d); 30(f); 47(d)
Urbanization, unplanned and rapid: 6
V
Variability, of climate: See climate variability
Volunteers
engagement with: 7
knowledge base of: 24(g)
training of voluntary workers: 33(f)
voluntary work: 19(d); 35
Vulnerability
of assets: 4; 17; 23
of persons: 4; 17; 23
assessment of: 24(b)
information on: 24(e)
reduction of: 6
people in vulnerable situations: 4

W
Water-related disaster risks: 34(e)
Water infrastructure: 33(c)
Wetlands: 30(g)
Women
in vulnerable situations: 4
role in managing disaster risk: 36(a)(i)
role in design of disaster risk policy: 7; 36(a)(i)
role in resourcing gender-sensitive policies/plans/
programmes: 36(a)(i)
role in implementing gender-sensitive policies/plans/
programmes: 7; 35(a)(i)
(See also leadership of women)
Workplace, resilience of: 30(e)
World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Third United
Nations: 1; 2; 50
World Health Organization: 30(i); 31(e)
Y
Yokohama Strategy: 19
Youth
engagement with: 7; 36(a)(ii)
leadership of: 19(d)

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Substantially reduce global
disaster mortality by 2030,
aiming to lower average per
100,000 global mortality
between 2020-2030
compared to 2005-2015

Substantially reduce the
number of affected people
globally by 2030, aiming to
lower the average global
figure per 100,000 between
2020-2030 compared to
2005-2015

Reduce direct disaster
economic loss in
relation to global gross
domesticproduct (GDP) by
2030

Substantially reduce
disaster damage to critical
infrastructure and disruption
of basic services, among
them health and educational
facilities, including through
developing their resilience by
2030

Targets
Substantially increase the
number of countries with
national and local disaster
risk reduction strategies by
2020

Substantially enhance
international cooperation
to developing countries
through adequate and
sustainable support to
complement their national
actions for implementation of
this framework by 2030

Prevent new and reduce existing disaster risk through the implementation of integrated and inclusive economic, structural, legal, social, health, cultural, educational, environmental, technological, political and institutional
measures that prevent and reduce hazard exposure and vulnerability to disaster, increase preparedness for
response and recovery, and thus strengthen resilience

Goal

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

Expected outcome

The present framework will apply to the risk of small-scale and large-scale, frequent and infrequent, sudden
and slow-onset disasters, caused by natural or manmade hazards as well as related environmental, technological and biological hazards and risks. It aims to guide the multi-hazard management of disaster risk in
development at all levels as well as within and across all sectors

Scope and purpose

Chart of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015-2030

Substantially increase the
availability of and access to
multi-hazard early warning
systems and disaster risk
information and assessments
to the people by 2030.
through adequate and
sustainable support to
complement their national
actions for implementation of
this framework by 2030

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«Build Back Better» for
preventing the creation
of, and reducing existing,
disaster risk

Decision-making to be
inclusive and risk-informed
while using a multi-hazard
approach

Support from developed
countries and partners to
developing countries to be
tailored according to needs
and priorities as identified by
them

Empowerment of local
authorities and communities
through resources,
incentives and decisionmaking responsibilities as
appropriate

Experience indicates that disaster preparedness
needs to be strengthened for more effective
response and ensure capacities are in place
for effective recovery. Disasters have also
demonstrated that the recovery, rehabilitation
and reconstruction phase, which needs to be
prepared ahead of the disaster, is an opportunity
to «Build Back Better» through integrating
disaster risk reduction measures. Women and
persons with disabilities should publicly lead
and promote gender-equitable and universally
accessible approaches during the response and
reconstruction phases

Priority 4
Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective
response, and to «Build Back Better» in
recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction

The quality of global
partnership and international
cooperation to be effective,
meaningful and strong

Full engagement of all State
institutions of an executive
and legislative nature at
national and local levels

Public and private investment in disaster risk
prevention and reduction through structural
and non-structural measures are essential to
enhance the economic, social, health and cultural
resilience of persons, communities, countries
and their assets, as well as the environment.
These can be drivers of innovation, growth and
job creation. Such measures are cost-effective
and instrumental to save lives, prevent and
reduce losses and ensure effective recovery and
rehabilitation

Engagement from all of
society

Addressing underlying risk
factors cost-effectively
through investment versus
relying primarly on postdisaster response and
recovery

Protection of persons
and their assets while
promoting and protecting
all human rights including
the right to development

Accounting of local and
specific characteristics
of disaster risks when
determining measures to
reduce risk

Shared responsibility
between central
Government and national
authorities, sectors and
stakeholders as appropriate
to national circumstances

Coherence of disaster risk
reduction and sustainable
development policies, plans,
practices and mechanisms,
across different sectors

Primary responsibility
of States to prevent
and reduce disaster
risk, including through
cooperation

Disaster risk governance at the national, regional
and global levels is vital to the management of
disaster risk reduction in all sectors and ensuring
the coherence of national and local frameworks
of laws, regulations and public policies that,
by defining roles and responsibilities, guide,
encourage and incentivize the public and private
sectors to take action and address disaster risk

Disaster risk management needs to be based
on an understanding of disaster risk in all its
dimensions of vulnerability, capacity, exposure of
persons and assets, hazard characteristics and the
environment

Priority 3
Investing in disaster risk reduction for
Priority Understanding disaster risk
resilience

Guiding Principles

Priority 2
Strengthening disaster risk governance
to manage disaster risk

Priority 1
Understanding disaster risk

There is a need for focused action within and across sectors by States at local, national, regional and global levels in the following four priority areas.

Priorities for Action

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