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Disaster Risk Management in Post-2015 Development Goals
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Disasters can hamper economic growth, affect poverty levels and cause human
suffering. Without significant action, the extent and impact of economic and social
damage associated with disasters will get worse over the next 20 years, largely as
a result of growing exposure of people and assets. This has the potential to reverse
development progress in hard-hit areas. Including measures to promote disaster risk
management (DRM) in the post-2015 development goals is needed to incentivise
investment in advance of shocks to protect lives and livelihoods – but also save money.
The report examines options for including DRM in the post-2015 development
framework. Its eight chapters, each authored by leading international experts, combine
to explore three scenarios for how it could be included:
1. A standalone goal on disasters, supported by targets. The report assesses targets
on reducing mortality, reducing economic losses, preventing impoverishment and
protecting and improving health systems;
2. A target on disasters within a goal on ‘resilience’, ‘security’ or ‘tackling obstacles to
development’; drawing on the detailed assessments of the targets mentioned above.
3. Integration of DRM into other goals. The report particularly highlights how DRM could
be included in poverty reduction and education goals.
Ultimately, which scenario or combination of scenarios unfolds depends on the purpose
and form of the overall framework. Will there be just a few goals or many? Will they
apply equally to all countries? Will countries be able to set their own targets and
choose their own indicators? Will the goals be focused more on poverty reduction,
environmental sustainability or both?
Disasters can hamper economic growth, affect poverty levels and cause human
suffering. Without significant action, the extent and impact of economic and social
damage associated with disasters will get worse over the next 20 years, largely as
a result of growing exposure of people and assets. This has the potential to reverse
development progress in hard-hit areas. Including measures to promote disaster risk
management (DRM) in the post-2015 development goals is needed to incentivise
investment in advance of shocks to protect lives and livelihoods – but also save money.
The report examines options for including DRM in the post-2015 development
framework. Its eight chapters, each authored by leading international experts, combine
to explore three scenarios for how it could be included:
1. A standalone goal on disasters, supported by targets. The report assesses targets
on reducing mortality, reducing economic losses, preventing impoverishment and
protecting and improving health systems;
2. A target on disasters within a goal on ‘resilience’, ‘security’ or ‘tackling obstacles to
development’; drawing on the detailed assessments of the targets mentioned above.
3. Integration of DRM into other goals. The report particularly highlights how DRM could
be included in poverty reduction and education goals.
Ultimately, which scenario or combination of scenarios unfolds depends on the purpose
and form of the overall framework. Will there be just a few goals or many? Will they
apply equally to all countries? Will countries be able to set their own targets and
choose their own indicators? Will the goals be focused more on poverty reduction,
environmental sustainability or both?
Tom Mitchell, Lindsey Jones, Emma Lovell and Eva Comba - Personal Name
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