Revitalising evidence-based policy for the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030: lessons from existing international science partnerships
PLOS Currents Disasters. 2015 Apr 23 . Edition 1. doi: 10.1371/currents.dis.aaab45b2b4106307ae2168a485e03b8a.
This paper aims to inform the implementation of the science coordination aspects of the Sendai Framework by examining a number of existing international science partnerships used across other relevant areas of policy to understand best practice, options for coordination and lessons identified. In doing so, some of the challenges outlined in the review can be overcome to strengthen the science-policy interface for DRR.
Qualitative data was collected via desk-based review and interviews with key informants and used to identify, classify and categorise common themes and sub-themes using thematic analysis. The partnerships reviewed in this document cover a breadth of mandates and disciplines at the interface of science and technology with policy and which operate at the international level and aim to promote evidence-based policy to some extent. The report maintains that the challenge for the international community is to facilitate evidence-based policy making by formally recognising the links between DRR, development finance, sustainable development and climate change in the upcoming post-2015 agreements.
The research was supported by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and Overseas Development Institute (ODI).