This statement presents recommendations related to science and technology in support of the outcomes of the Third Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. It includes emerging priority issues in support of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action and a report on the work of the ISDR Scientific and Technical Committee (STC).
The STC recommends that governments, national platforms and science councils, research institutions, the private sector, local communities, NGOs and the many more institutions involved in disaster risk reduction consider the following points in their actions to support the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action and the outcomes of the Third Session of the Global Platform for the coming biennium: (i) Intensify efforts to follow a science based decision making process in disaster risk reduction (ii) Support a process of comprehensive and rigorous review of the status of science and technology for disaster risk reduction (iii) Ensure that national, regional and international funding mechanisms for science and technology support the development of integrated research into disaster risk management, particularly in disaster prone developing countries and including comparative transnational and transregional research.
