Participating G20 ministers and delegates adopted a Ministerial Declaration that called for greater action to implement Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR).
- Declaration acknowledged need for mobilizing financial resources and adopting nature-based solutions and ecosystem based approaches for DRR.
About G-20’s DRRWG:
- Established in 2023 under India’s G-20 Presidency aims to integrate disaster risk reduction across the work of the G-20.
- DRRWG’s 5 priority areas are Early warning system; disaster resilient infrastructure; DRR financing; disaster recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction; and nature-Based solutions and ecosystem approaches for DRR.
About Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-30)
- It is a 15-year non-binding agreement having 7 targets, and is an improved version of the previous Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-15).
- Adoption: at 3rd United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), held in 2015 in Sendai (Japan).
- DRR is concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through systematic efforts to analyze and reduce causal factors of disasters.
- AIM: Substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets.
- Priorities of Frame work:
- Understanding disaster risk,
- Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk,
- Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience,
- Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, and to "Build Back Better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
