Inclusion

All children and young people need to be educated as responsible global citizens as well as acquiring basic skills in literacy and numeracy. Their education should include issues such as environmental sustainability, peacebuilding and disaster risk reduction...

Valerie Scherrer, Director, CBM Emergency Response Unit explains the outcomes from the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, March 2015. 'The adoption of this framework, and the level of understanding of disability-inclusion that has been created in the process, are going to help build a safer world for us all,' she says...

'Ultimately, the value of non-binding agreements such as the Sendai Framework lies in the international visibility and political momentum that they create, exerting pressure on governments to fulfil their responsibility to prevent and reduce disaster risk', writes Ana Mosneaga from United Nations University in an op ed...

'The Sundarbans is sadly a powerful example of how creeping climatic changes accumulate disaster risks. The expansion of environmental threats to social ones highlights an urgent need for governance processes and systems to target this,' said Mark Pelling, a geographer and expert on climate change-induced disasters at Kings College, London...

In this brief, CARE highlights key messages in relation to the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction, discussed in the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, from March 14th to 18th, 2015. It calls for disaster

In the face of a growing threat from extreme weather, Tanzania's parliament has adopted a law to help authorities cope with emergencies and shield vulnerable communities from disaster risks... Masozi Nyirenda, a disaster management expert with the Tanzania Education Authority said lack of planning in towns and cities has resulted in more home construction in low-lying areas at risk from flooding and other problems...

'UNICEF is ready to support the government with pre-positioned emergency supplies from our local warehouses in Manila, Tacloban, and Cotabato once the emergency hits. In times of disasters, children face the risk of disease outbreaks, malnutrition, violence and disrupted education. Our priority is to ensure that children and their rights and welfare are protected before, during and after disasters,' said Lotta Sylwander, UNICEF Philippines Representative....

Unicef has pre-positioned essential supplies including water kits, hygiene kits, water purification units, school tents, student and teacher materials, child friendly space tents, medical supplies, nutritional therapeutic food items to combat malnutrition, oral rehydration salts, tarpaulins and generators for at least 10,000 families...