UN Strategies on Disaster Risk Reduction Flashcards
The ____ 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.
open-ended intergovernmental expert working (OIEWG)
The OIEWG report presents recommended indicators to monitor the global targets of the ____, the follow-up to and operationalization of the indicators and recommended terminology relating to disaster risk reduction.
a. Hyogo framework
b. Sendai framework
c. Yokohama framework
Sendai Framework
The lessening or minimizing of the adverse impacts of a hazardous event.
a. Mitigation
b. Hazard
c. Disaster risk
d. Exposure
e. Disaster
Mitigation
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.
a. Mitigation
b. Hazard
c. Disaster risk
d. Exposure
e. Disaster
Hazard
The situation of people, infrastructure, housing, production capacities and other tangible human assets located in hazard-prone areas.
a. Mitigation
b. Hazard
c. Disaster risk
d. Exposure
e. Disaster
Exposure
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.
a. Mitigation
b. Hazard
c. Disaster risk
d. Exposure
e. Disaster
Disaster risk
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.
a. Mitigation
b. Hazard
c. Disaster risk
d. Exposure
e. Disaster
Disaster
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.
a. Resilience
b. Prevention
c. Vulnerability
d. Underlying disaster risk drivers
Vulnerability
Processes or conditions, often development-related, that influence the level of disaster risk by increasing levels of exposure and vulnerability or reducing capacity.
a. Resilience
b. Prevention
c. Vulnerability
d. Underlying disaster risk drivers
Underlying disaster risk drivers
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.
a. Resilience
b. Prevention
c. Vulnerability
d. Underlying disaster risk drivers
Resilience
Activities and measures to avoid existing and new disaster risks.
a. Resilience
b. Prevention
c. Vulnerability
d. Underlying disaster risk drivers
Prevention
A series of United Nations conferences focusing on disaster and climate risk management in the context of sustainable development.
The World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
The World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction convened three times, with each edition to date having been hosted by Japan. Where are these places?
- Yokohama in 1994
- Hyogo in 2005
- Sendai in 2015
As requested by the ____, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) served as the coordinating body for the Second and Third UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction in 2005 and 2015.
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
____ aims at increasing public awareness to understand risk, vulnerability and disaster reduction globally.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
ISDR was adopted during the July 1999 IDNDR Programme Forum, in ____, and ratified by the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and General Assembly during the second meeting of its Commission on Sustainable Development.
Geneva
Summary of the International Strategy (July 1999 IDNDR Programme forum)
While hazards are inevitable, and the elimination of all risk is impossible, there are many technical measures, traditional practices, and public experience that can reduce the extent or severity of economic and social disasters. Hazards and emergency requirements are a part of living with nature, but ____ can be changed.
human behavior
Summary of the International Strategy (July 1999 IDNDR Programme forum):
In the words of the Secretary General
“We must, above all, shift from a culture of reaction to a culture of ____. It is not only more humane than cure; it is also much ____… Above all, let us not forget that disaster prevention is a moral imperative, no less than reducing the risks of war”.
- prevention
- cheaper
ISDR Vision
To enable all communities to become ____ to the effects of natural, technological and environmental hazards, reducing the compound risks they pose to social and economic vulnerabilities within modern societies.
To proceed from protection against hazards to the management of risk through the integration of ____ into sustainable development.
- resilient
- risk prevention
ISDR Goals
- Increase ____ of the risks that natural, technological and environmental hazards pose to modern societies.
- public awareness
ISDR Goals
- Obtain ____ by public authorities to reduce risks to people, their livelihoods, social and economic infrastructure, and environmental resources.
- commitment
ISDR Goals
- Engage public participation at ____ levels of implementation to create disaster-resistant communities through increased partnership and expanded risk reduction networks at these levels.
- all levels
ISDR Goals
- Reduce the ____ and ____ losses of disasters as measured, for example, by Gross Domestic Product.
- economic and social losses
ISDR Implementation
Conduct a national audit or assessment process of existing functions necessary for a comprehensive and integrated national strategy of hazard, risk and disaster prevention, projected over ____ and ____ year time periods.
- 5-10 and 20 year time periods
ISDR Implementation
Conduct ____ with specific consideration of demographics, urban growth, and the interaction or compound relationships between natural, technological and environmental factors.
dynamic risk analysis
ISDR Implementation
Focus multi-year risk reduction strategies on ____ concentration and ____ environments.
- urban concentration
- mega-city environments
ISDR Implementation
Institute comprehensive application of land-use planning and programmes in ____ environments.
hazard-prone
ISDR Implementation
Study the ____ of specific alternative funding and resource allocation modalities that can ensure continued commitment to sustained risk and disaster prevention strategies
feasibility
____, formerly UNISDR, is part of the United Nations Secretariat and it supports the implementation & review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction adopted by the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan.
UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
The ____ framework is a 15-year voluntary people-centred approach to disaster risk reduction, succeeding the 2005-2015 framework. UNDRR’s vision is anchored on the four priorities for action set out in this framework.
a. Hyogo framework
b. Sendai framework
c. Yokohama framework
Sendai framework
On ____, the UNDRR officially changed its acronym to UNDRR (from UNISDR) to better reflect its name. The former acronym had not been changed since the office was called the International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction
May 1, 2019
The First World Conference on Natural Disasters happened in ____.
Yokohama, Japan - May 23 to 27, 1994
During the First World Conference on Natural Disasters, they adopted the ____: Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action, endorsed by the UNGA in 1994.
Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World
1994 First World Conference on Natural Disasters in Yokohama
Main outcome of the mid-term review of the International Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) and established ____ number of principles for its strategy, a plan of action and a follow-up.
10 principles
10 Principles of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World
- ____ is a required step for the adoption of adequate and successful disaster reduction policies and measures.
Risk assessment
10 Principles of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World
- Disaster prevention and preparedness are of primary importance in reducing the need for ______.
disaster relief
10 Principles of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World
- Disaster prevention and preparedness should be considered integral aspects of development policy and planning at ____, ___, ____, ____ and ____ levels.
national, regional, bilateral, multilateral and international levels
10 Principles of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World
- The development and strengthening of capacities to ____, ____ and ____ disasters is a top priority area to be addressed during the Decade so as to provide a strong basis for follow-up activities to the Decade.
prevent, reduce and mitigate
10 Principles of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World
- ____ warnings of impending disasters and their effective dissemination using telecommunications, including broadcast services, are key factors to successful disaster prevention and preparedness.
Early warnings
10 Principles of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World
- ____ measures are most effective when they involve participation at all levels, from the local community through the national government to the regional and international level.
Preventive measures
10 Principles of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World
- ____ can be reduced by the application of proper design and patterns of development focused on target groups, by appropriate education and training of the whole community.
Vulnerability
10 Principles of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World
- The ____ community accepts the need to share the necessary technology to prevent, reduce and mitigate disaster; this should be made freely available and in a timely manner as an integral part of technical cooperation.
international community
10 Principles of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World
- ____ as a component of sustainable development consistent with poverty alleviation is imperative in the prevention and mitigation of natural disasters.
Environmental protection
10 Principles of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World
- ____ bears the primary responsibility for protecting its people, infrastructure, and other national assets from the impact of natural disasters. The international community should demonstrate strong political determination required to mobilize adequate and make efficient use of existing resources, including financial, scientific and technological means, in the field of natural disaster reduction, bearing in mind the needs of the developing countries, particularly the least developed countries.
Each country
The Second World Conference on Disaster Reduction conference was held in ____ from 18 to 22 January 2005.
Kobe, Japan
The Second World Conference on Disaster Reduction conference came almost 10 years to the day after the _____ disaster in Kobe and less than a month after the 2004 Indian ____ disaster.
- Great Hanshin earthquake
- Indian Ocean tsunami
What garnered attention on the 2nd World Conference on Disaster Reduction?
2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
The World Conference adopted plans to put in place a International Early Warning Programme (IEWP) which had first been proposed at the Second International Conference on Early Warning in 2003 in ____.
Bonn, Germany
During the 2nd World Conference, what was their goal?
To find ways to reduce the toll of disasters through preparation, and ultimately to reduce human casualties
During the 2nd World Conference on Disaster Reduction, what was their goal?
To find ways to reduce the toll of disasters through preparation, and ultimately to reduce human casualties
It is also known as the Framework for Action
Hyogo Framework
____ provided landmark guidance on reducing disaster risk and the impacts of disasters
Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action (“Yokohama Strategy”)
In the Yokohama Strategy, what were the lessons learned and gaps identified?
- Governance: organizational, legal and policy frameworks;
- Risk identification, assessment, monitoring and early warning;
- Knowledge management and education;
- Reducing underlying risk factors;
- Preparedness for effective response and recovery.
3 stages of disaster risk management cycle
Pre-disaster
Disaster response
Post disaster
What we do not want
Actions taken in the aftermath of a disaster to:
- Reconstruct ____ as before
- Rebuilding the ____ vulnerabilities
- Community in ____ state as before the disaster
- same
- pre-existing
- same
Sustainability according to ____, “A set of conditions and trends in a given system that can continue indefinitely.”
Systems science
Sustainability according to ____, “The ability to endure”
Dictionary
“A managed process of continuous innovation and systemic change in the direction of sustainability.”
Sustainable development
____ is a set of conditions and trends in a given system that can continue indefinitely.
Sustainability
Sustainability is not about the Earth. The Earth is Fine.
Sustainability is about the ___ going forward- our children’s and their children’s future
This is what is at risk!
Survival of Humanity (the human species)
4 basic conditions for sustainability
Nature
Economy
Society
Human wellbeing
What Sendai Goal
Substantially reduce global disaster mortality by 2030
Global Target A
What Sendai Goal
Substantially reduce the number of affected people globally by 2030
Global Target B
What Sendai Goal
Reduce direct disaster economic loss in relation to global GDP
Global Target C
What Sendai Goal
Substantially reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services
Global Target D
What Sendai Goal
Substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020
Global Target E
What Sendai Goal
Substantially enhance international cooperation to developing countries
Global Target F
What Sendai Goal
Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to the people by 2030
Global Target G
