Millions of people are impacted annually by natural and technology disasters, but the severity of these events can be mitigated with proper preparation and forethought.
Every year on October 13th, the world comes together to honour those who are working to make their communities safer from natural disasters by celebrating International Day for Disaster Reduction.
UNESCO is helping countries improve their disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation by promoting a paradigm shift from crisis response to preparedness.
Ability To Get Updated Risk Data And Early Warning Alerts
On this International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, we can celebrate the strides that have been made to implement the international agreement for reducing global disaster risk and losses, which includes safeguarding human lives, protecting livelihoods and bolstering economies and essential infrastructure.
Target G of the Sendai Framework, “Substantially expand the availability and access of multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to people by 2030,” will be the focal point of the International Day celebrations in 2022.
In March of 2022, UN Secretary-General António Guterres made the declaration that “the United Nations will spearhead new measures to ensure every person on Earth is safeguarded by early warning systems within five years,” highlighting the urgency with which this goal must be met.
This 2022 meeting is part of the Sendai Framework’s Mid-term Review, which will culminate in a political declaration at a High-level Meeting of the General Assembly in May 2023.
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IDDRR 2022 International Day For Disaster Risk Reduction
Background
In 1989, in response to a call from the United Nations General Assembly, a day was established to promote a worldwide culture of risk-awareness and disaster-reduction. This day is now known as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.
On the 13th of every year, people all around the world come together to recognise the significance of taking steps to make their homes and communities safer from natural disasters and to learn from each other about how to better mitigate their risks.
The international community was reminded in 2015 at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, that disasters have the greatest impact on local communities and have the potential to cause significant loss of life and significant social and economic upheaval.
Each year, millions of people are uprooted because of sudden-onset disasters. Investment in sustainable development and the benefits hoped for are hampered by natural disasters, many of which are made worse by climate change.
Global Event To Reduce Dangers Of Disasters
Target G of the Sendai Framework, “Substantially expand the availability and access of multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to people by 2030,” will be the focal point of the International Day celebrations in 2022.
In March of 2022, UN Secretary-General António Guterres made the declaration that “the United Nations will spearhead new measures to ensure every person on Earth is safeguarded by early warning systems within five years,” highlighting the urgency with which this goal must be met.
The Sendai Framework’s main objective is to lessen or eliminate risks that already exist. When that isn’t an option, though, early warning systems and preparedness can help people take immediate action to lessen the impact on lives, property, and income. Informed #AdviceForAllOn #DRRDay
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An Early Warning System That Allows Everyone to Act Quickly
On the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, people throughout the world can recognise the strides that have been made to lessen the devastation that natural catastrophes can do to people’s health, lives, and livelihoods.
It’s a chance to take steps toward being better able to withstand and respond to future disasters. Today, we also celebrate the groups and individuals who are reducing threats to populations as a whole.
To ensure that mitigation activities to safeguard lives and livelihoods for all are effective, the Sendai Framework includes a set of criteria to track our development.
India’s early warning systems have been significantly improved in recent years, allowing authorities and citizens to better prepare for and respond to extreme weather events.
The number of people killed by tropical storms in India has dropped dramatically over the past two decades because to the country’s advanced weather warning system.
New technologies to predict the danger and impact of catastrophes, as well as the quick implementation of early warning systems to limit harm, require further strengthening of multisectoral collaboration with government and partners.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is dedicated to bolstering systems for disaster risk reduction and emergency preparedness through the development of policies for early.
Warning and early action, the creation of sustainable disaster risk communication strategies, the concentration of efforts on high-risk communities, and the dissemination of timely information. As a whole, they will prevent harm to populations and save lives.
Let us make a pact to reduce disasters and strengthen global infrastructure to make our world safer and more resilient on this International Day for Disaster Reduction.
