‘Sendai Framework’ must realize reduction of global disaster risks
Source(s):
Japan News, the - Yomiuri Shimbun
Disasters in the past decade have killed about 700,000 people around the world. Economic losses due to these calamities totaled $1.3 trillion during the same period. Global efforts to address the task of disaster risk reduction must be intensified, according to the Japan News.
The Japan News reports on key targets incorporated in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 - the mitigation of disaster damage to infrastructure in disaster-hit regions and increasing disaster-related assistance - and offers ways in which Japan can and has contributed to the process.