An Overview of Terminology for Disaster Risk Reduction

An Overview of Terminology for Disaster Risk Reduction Sendai Framework Monitoring Global Risk Assessment Framework © UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Agenda 1. Work of the OIEWG on Terminology and Indicators for DRR 2. Sendai Framework Monitoring 3. Global Risk Assessment Framework © UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

OIEWG on Indicators and Terminology Related to DRR § The open-ended intergovernmental expert working (OIEWG) group on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction (A/71/644) was established by the UNGA in it’s A/RES/69/284 and endorsed by the UNGA in A/RES/71/276. § The report presents recommended indicators to monitor the global targets of the Sendai Framework, the follow-up to and operationalization of the indicators and recommended terminology relating to disaster risk reduction. © UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Examples of Key Terminology Endorsed in A/RES/71/276 Disaster Prevention Vulnerability Mitigation Hazard © UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Exposure Resilience Underlying Disaster Risk Drivers Disaster Risk

Examples of Key Terminology Endorsed in A/RES/71/276 Disaster • A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to one or more of the following: human, material, economic and environmental losses and impacts. Disaster Risk • The potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets which could occur to a system, society or a community in a specific period of time, determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity. Exposure • The situation of people, infrastructure, housing, production capacities and other tangible human assets located in hazard-prone areas. Hazard • A process, phenomenon or human activity that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation. Mitigation • The lessening or minimizing of the adverse impacts of a hazardous event. © UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Examples of Key Terminology Endorsed in A/RES/71/276 Prevention Resilience Underlying Disaster Risk Drivers Vulnerability • Activities and measures to avoid existing and new disaster risks. • The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform 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 through risk management. • Processes or conditions, often development-related, that influence the level of disaster risk by increasing levels of exposure and vulnerability or reducing capacity. • The conditions determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets or systems to the impacts of hazards. © UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Sendai Framework Monitoring: An overview © UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction § Global Sendai Framework Targets § Linkage of Sendai Framework and SDG indicator systems § Custom and Regional Targets and Indicators

Seven Global Targets of the Sendai Framework: Areas of focus © UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Sendai Framework Monitoring at a glance: 7 Global Targets ©©UNDRR––United. Nations. Officefor for. Disaster. Risk. Reduction

Linkage of Sendai Framework and SDG indicator systems © UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Custom and Regional Targets and Indicators Custom Target and Indicators § Nationally identified targets and indicators that are especially related to the four priorities of the Sendai Framework § Member States can measure their progress by creating indicators or selecting from a proposed menu, as relevant to their own context § These targets and indicators provide a mechanism for monitoring the national strategies for disaster risk reduction § Dedicated indicators for also available for local governments to help assess their progress on DRR © UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Regional Target and Indicators § Support regional IGOs to coordinate regional reporting of the Sendai framework implementation in their respective regions; § Provide a common platform for monitoring frameworks of regional DRR strategies; § Enable regional entities to showcase their success in DRR in alignment with other global agendas especially in regional events such as sustainable development forums, climate outlook forums and DRR platforms.

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Thank you for your attention For more information, please contact: Laurel Hanson, Associate Expert, UNDRR, laurel. hanson@un. org Andrew Spezowka, Programme Management Officer, UNDRR, andrew. spezowka@un. org Rahul Sengupta, Programme Management Officer, UNDRR, sengupta@un. org rahul. sengupta@un. org © UNDRR – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction