Puji PujionoRegional Adviser onDisaster Risk ReductionESCAP

Regional Context

Resilient Future: Bangladesh Paving the Way for Reducing Risk of Disaster and

Climate Change

WCDRR SendaiMarch, 2015

119 events6,000 killed80 Millions affected60 Billion USD losses

2014

ESCAP Year in Review, 2014

ESCAP Year in Review, 2014

Opportunities ahead…

• HFA 2005 – 2015 -> Post-2015 Framework for DRR

• Kyoto Protocol/Doha Amendment 2012 ->New global deal on emission 2015

• Millennium Development Goals -> Sustainable Development Goals

• Humanitarian Summit 2016

WCDRR is a crucial milestone …

1. Reaffirming that DRR as a priority

2. Highlighting disasters as a development

issue

3. Encouraging DRR integration into SDG

4. Underlining the need for regional

solutions

5. Stressing the need for coherence

ESCAP Briefing to ACPR, February 2015

The world is catching up with Bangladesh

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DEFINING & REDEFINING RISK

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RESILIENTBANGLADESH

UNESCAP Theme Study: Building Resilience, 2013

Outstanding gaps

• Conceptual: clarifying of concepts of disaster risk management, resilience, mainstreaming, etc.

• Coherence: converging DRM, climate change, and humanitarian agenda into SDGs

• Integration: ensuring that disaster management systems are interfacing appropriately with the multisectoral development sectors

• Monitoring: credible and reliable measurement for monitoring and reporting

Forward agenda

• Capitalising on current achievements– Upscaling and rolling out pilot projects– DRR-CCA convergence– DRR mainstreaming– Early warning– CBDRM

• Seizing the opportunities • Leveraging regional resources

– Exerting leadership– Offering lessons– Redoubling risk management diplomacy

Multi-level Configuration

REGIONAL:ESCAPUNISDR, OCHAADPC, ADRC

Policies: Resolutions, declarationsInstitution: Regional Commission, Committee on DRRMechanisms: APFSD, AMCDRR, IAPCooperation: RESAP, TC/PTC, Drought mechanism, trust Fund

SUBREGIONAL:ASEAN, SAARC, PIC, CASC

Policies: Agreements, framework for cooperationInstitution: Committee, Center, Mechanisms: AHA Centre, SDMCCooperation: Sectoral programmes

NATIONAL:GOVERNMENTSNGOs, Academia, private sector

Policies: Legislations, sectoral policiesInstitution: Councils, ministries, departmentsMechanisms: national platformsCooperation: Sectoral programmes

Non-exhaustive listing to be presented for illustration purpose only

Added value of ESCAP

• Setting regional policies, norms, standards

• Integrating DRR into the regional sustainable development framework

• Addressing the risks associated with the geographical contagion and economic integration

• Promoting regional cooperation and collective action

• Facilitating mutual supports to high-risk, low-capacity countries

• Giving strong regional voice particularly on behalf of the voiceless

Thank you