Disaster Risk Reduction Makes Development Sustainable
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Hillier, DebbiePublication date
2014-01-15Keywords
Civil societyClimate change adaptation
Disaster risk management
Drought
Floods
Reconstruction
cyclone
earthquake
Post-2015 frameworktsunamiNatural hazardsDisaster risk reductionDRRDevelopment methodsDisasters
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BangladeshGrenada
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Japan
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
PakistanPhilippinesSomaliaThailandUnited States
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UN Development ProgrammeDocument type
Discussion paperDescription
Governments and institutions must place risk reduction at the centre of the post-2015 development agenda, to ensure that disasters do not derail development.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must contain:
- A disaster reduction target;
- Disaster risk reduction integrated across other targets;
- Commitment of countries to measure risk and account for disaster losses; and
- A specific focus on marginalised groups.
First presented at the UN Open Working Group on SDGs, this paper shows how disasters devastate families, communities and nations, and undermine every aspect of sustainable development, whether social, economic or environmental. As the impact of disasters grows, development must be risk-proofed to prevent massive loss of life, livelihoods and growth in the future.