Why in News?

• India at a meeting to review the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), highlighted the need to pay attention to funding DRR and developing early warning systems, as the world has focused on financing disaster response so far.

 What’s in Today’s Article?

• What is the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?
• Priority Areas and Global Targets under the Sendai Framework
• News Summary Regarding the Sendai Framework Review Meeting

What is the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?

• The Sendai Framework (2015–2030) is an international document that was adopted by the UN member states at the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan.
• Endorsed by the UN General Assembly in June 2015, it is the successor agreement to the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005–2015) - the most encompassing international accord to date on DRR.
• It works hand in hand with the other 2030 Agenda agreements, including
  • The Paris Agreement on Climate Change,
  • The Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development,
  • The New Urban Agenda, and
  • The Sustainable Development Goals.
• It recognises that the State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should be shared with other stakeholders - local government, the private sector, etc.

 Priority Areas and Global Targets under the Sendai Framework:

• 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 "BuildingBack Better" in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
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 News Summary Regarding the Sendai Framework Review Meeting:

• About the meeting:
  • Convened by the President of the General Assembly, the High-Level Meeting (HLM) on the Midterm Review of the implementation of the Sendai Framework took place at the UN Headquarters in New York.
  • The HLM provides a platform for Member States and other stakeholders to examine emerging issues since 2015, identify course corrections and realise the outcomes and goals of the Sendai Framework.
• The Indian delegation emphasised:
  • The issue of DRR is getting the requisite attention in the global policy discourse as both G20 and G7 have accorded priority to this issue.
  • India accords high importance to the issue and brought landmark changes in its financing architecture.
  • The state and local governments have access to about $6 billion for disaster risk mitigation over five years (2021-2025).
    • This is in addition to a resource of $23 billion meant for preparedness, response and recovery.
• Achievements of India: Loss of lives from cyclones reduced to less than 2% and is now developing ambitious mitigation programmes to reduce the risk of losses from other hazards - landslides, forest fire, heatwaves, lightning, etc.
• Global initiative:
• The UN Secretary General launched the initiative - ‘Early Warning for All by 2027’.
• G20, under India’s Presidency in 2023, has taken an important step to establish a Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction.
• Recommendations by India:
  • To evolve a financial architecture that can address the entire spectrum of DRR and specify the role of the State in strengthening early warning systems in times of disaster.
  • To initiate multi-country cooperation, including their respective roles in increasing access to hazard and risk information as well as enhancing disaster risk governance.