Fajarasia.co – The world is racing against disaster risk reduction efforts through commitments to build resilience, tackle climate change, and create sustainable development paths, referring to the targets to be achieved from the Sendai Framework.
In a media briefing on day 2 of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) Forum or the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (PGPRB), Thursday (26/5/2022), Public Information Officer of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Omar Amach said the world is currently halfway in achieving the Sendai Framework target which ends by 2030.
In the report Global Assessment Report (GAR) on Disaster Risk Reduction or on the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 published in April 2022 by UNDRR, it is stated that disaster risk can increase by 40% or 560 disasters per year by 2030 within the target range of the Framework Sendai, if the current trend is not brought down soon with concrete action on disaster management.
As well as jeopardizing the achievement of the Sendai Framework targets, it also hinders progress towards achieving the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“The UN General Assembly calls for this study to be completed by May 2023. This study will help measure the success achieved so far and what obstacles have been found in reducing disaster risk,” said Omar Amach, referring to one of the discussion sessions that discussed the mid-term review. the achievements of the Sendai Framework.
The seven disaster risk reduction targets in the Sendai Framework are as follows:
1. Reducing the global death rate from disasters by 2030, with an average decrease per 100,000 people in the decade 2020 – 2030 compared to the period 2005 – 2015.
2. Substantially reduce the number of people affected globally by 2030, by lowering the global average per 100,000 people in the decade 2020 – 2030.
3. Reducing direct economic losses from disasters in relation to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2030.
4. Substantially reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption to basic services, including health and education facilities, including building their resilience by 2030.
5. Substantially increase the number of countries that have national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020.
6. Enhance international cooperation for developing countries through adequate and sustainable support to support their national actions to implement this Framework by 2030.
7. Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments for communities by 2030.****
