Economics of Disaster Risk Reduction: Promoting sustainable development through DRR investments

Date & Time:
Tuesday 21 May (14:00-14:55)

Room:
Room 18

Participation:
Open

Organizer:
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Description

The current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) do not include any reference to disasters. Yet, in many countries, meeting the MDGs continues to be severely challenged by disaster losses. In the context of the current discussions on the post-2015 development agenda (the next generation of MDGs), it is essential for the disaster risk reduction community to ensure that disaster related considerations are included in the post-2015 development agenda, so that stronger commitment and efforts are made to ensure that disasters do not hamper sustainable development.

The side event will showcase an economic assessment model to demonstrate the cost-benefit of disaster risk reduction investments as well as an analytical framework to capture how disaster risk reduction investments enable sustainable human development. The objective is to showcase how investing in disaster risk reduction pays back in achieving and safeguarding development gains.

At the side event, representatives from countries championing disaster risk reduction will share their practices in integrating disaster risk reduction into development planning. The event will identify ways to integrate and mainstream disaster risk reduction into the post-2015 development agenda and the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (HFA2).

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