The Pacific has made significant progress advancing an integrated agenda on DRR & CCA at many levels – from the regional level with the Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific (FRDP), the national level through integrated policies and implementation mechanisms to the community level. 

This engaging panel session will draw upon the legacy of learnings from the region and importantly focus on what the future may look like across various levels. The session also seeks to provide insights to other regions that can learn from the progress in the Pacific to advance integration in their regions. In doing so, we will also draw on lessons from East Africa and how they built upon the Pacific progress to advance integration in their region. We want to profile what works in practice to empower others, drawing upon a strong base of lessons and evidence. 

This online side event will: 

• Discuss the integration of DRR and CCA as well as the intersection between integrated programs and sustainable development goals. 
• Highlight lessons from approaches in the Pacific have demonstrated the importance of meaningful participation from vulnerable groups in planning and action at all levels. 
• Reflect challenges and opportunities towards financing mechanisms that can support integrated approaches across the DRR and climate financing spectrum 

Session objectives

Discrete objectives of the session are to:  

1. Profile the progress of the Pacific region in DRR/CCA integration and discuss the importance of a sustained effort by developing countries with the support of partner organizations 
2. Interrogate common challenges across different levels of integration 
3. Facilitate learning across levels with a focus on leadership, governance, inclusion and financing 
4. Generate interest in other regions outside of the Pacific in advancing integration.

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This in-person side event will: 

• Build a shared understanding of anticipatory action, why it is an important part of Disaster Risk Reduction and how it can capture synergies with Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems development. 
• Share practitioners’ experiences implementing anticipatory action for a range of hazards (e.g. floods, droughts and volcanic ashfall) across different regions of the world (Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Africa), while creatively engaging participants in an interactive learning exercise.  
• Demonstrate the need to continuously learn from, engage with, and empower communities and local actors in decision-making processes around the co-design, implementation and evaluation of anticipatory action activities, as part of a comprehensive risk management approach. 
• Highlight how the Anticipation Hub can help to facilitate knowledge exchange, learning and advocacy around anticipatory action, and capture synergies across longer-term disaster risk reduction and development activities.  

Objectives

The session objectives are to: 

1. Highlight first-hand stories of the benefits of anticipatory action in saving lives, reducing impacts on livelihoods and strengthening local capacity.  
2. Enhance understanding of the three components of anticipatory action (triggers, early actions and financing) and how it relates to early warning and Disaster Risk Reduction through an interactive learning exercise with different regional case studies and hazards.    
3. Facilitate creative dialogue between community representatives, humanitarian actors, governments, and scientific partners to jointly identify how to ensure anticipatory action approaches are co-developed with local actors, empower them and meet their needs. 

Economic growth and community well-being are directly impacted by disasters. Impacts often include long-term socio-cultural and psychological challenges. Risk reduction and prevention is a clear strategy to reduce negative impacts and encourage a flourishing global society. As key members of communities and drivers of growth, private sector companies have an important role to play in reducing disaster risk.

Private sector companies, both large and small, recognize the growing importance of disaster risk reduction (on macroeconomic stability, value chains, etc.). Nevertheless, the private sector is not alone in this task. As the Sendai Framework established, the “commitment, goodwill, knowledge, experience and resources” from all stakeholders including academia, media, and other sectors in civil society at the local, national, regional and global levels are needed.

This session gathers ARISE members to exchange views, experiences and knowledge, and broaden their impact based on an all-of-society approach.

Session objectives

1. To demonstrate how the private sector and ARISE contribute to DRR
2. To discuss how to enhance collective engagement in DRR
3. To approve a statement from ARISE for the GP2022 to be submitted in text

Connection details

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This Children and Youth constituency session grants you(th) the opportunity to deliberate on the call of action for DRR financing and resilience that requires a new approach in the wake of Covid - 19 pandemic. There is a need to redefine the role of youths in key areas including disaster risk governance and climate action to ensure there is constructive participation and contribution from the youth. The culmination of the session will be the declaration of the Global Children & Youth Statement on DRR and Climate Action.

Session objectives

1. Deliberate on the children and youth perspective on DRR financing.
2. Identify children and youth demands on DRR and climate action
3. Consolidate the children youth recommendations into the global children and youth statement on DRR and climate action

During the last years the world has faced an increasing number of disasters with far-reaching social, economic and structural disruption. 

On the 11th of March 2020, the World Health Organisation, announced the covid-19 pandemic. Due to climate change and environmental degradation we are facing a rapid increase in hazard severity and frequency.

The negative consequences of these disasters are devastating, but we can learn from them.  When people work together, they thrive together. Our lives are entirely interdependent and disasters - from COVID to climate induced disasters - perhaps more than any other events, demonstrate this reality.

This session will address and bring light to lessons learned from the last three years, and how this can inform future strategies and work in the field of disaster risk reduction.

Session Objectives 

1. Share good practices and lessons learned in building disaster resilience, and that in an ever changing world.
2. Enhance the understanding about the evolution of the UNDRR Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (UNDRR-SEM) and its recent work in implementing the Sendai Framework.
3. Bring attention to the Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments, and its citizens led data collection in monitoring the Sendai Framework implementation, and generation of accountability mechanism of realising global policy.

Online Attendance

This session will be live-streamed online. Note that it is live-streamlining and no active online participation. You can access the live streaming through this link: 

The UNDRR Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism gathers a wide range of stakeholders across the society. They are all unified under the mission of contributing to the implementation of the Sendai Framework, building a sustainable resilient society for all, where disaster risk does not threaten the wellbeing of people and the planet.
Since its establishment, SEM has continuously grown, both in the size and scope of its members, as well as the impact of its work.
This session will increase awareness of SEM and the work the SEM is undertaking. Within the context of the SEM’s new Action Plan, this session will showcase how the SEM continues to have an influencing role and a crucial contributor to key DRR global development fora and processes, bringing the voices of civil society to DRR mechanisms, and catalyse collective action among different stakeholders for risk-informed development.

Objectives

• Enhance awareness about the UNDRR Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism, and its structure.
• Share knowledge about the plans of SEM for year 2022-23, and invite stakeholders, the United System and member states to partner on implementation of these actions.
• Generate a motivation and excitement to support the implementation of the collective SEM Action Plan 2022-23.

Online Attendance

This session will be live-streamed online. Note that it is live-streamlining and no active online participation. You can access the live streaming through this link: 

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Cities can present unique challenges for disaster recovery. Rapid urbanization has led to unplanned growth, overcrowding, poor housing conditions, poor connectivity, and vulnerable locations. Cities have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic and revealed the extent of vulnerability in urban areas. Past urban disasters have also shown that addressing the exposure and vulnerability of infrastructure systems, services and the built environment continue to be critical recovery issues in urban environments. 

The session will provide insights into the recovery challenges in an urban environment pre and post disaster including from COVID-19. It will show innovative solutions to prevent cities from being locked in unsustainable development pathways, creating new risks and further being exposed to future risks.  It will also discuss approaches and strategies in long-term recovery that foster resilience, environmental sustainability and socio-economic well-being of populations in urban areas.  

Session objectives

• Assess to what extent preparedness for recovery and building back better are implemented in the urban setting;  
• Demonstrate emerging partnership models among local government, the private sector, civil society, academia, scientific and research institutions to strengthen disaster and climate risk reduction actions in cities;  
• Recognize the adjustments required in urban planning and local governance especially in recovery given the systemic nature of risk, and experiences (including cascading and indirect impacts) of the COVID-19 pandemic; and
• Define priority actions to harness the transformative potential of the pandemic recovery and achieve multiple Sustainable Development Goals

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Pre-disaster recovery planning (PDRP) and recovery preparedness measures offer solutions that can mitigate challenges toward building back better. The benefits of PDRP for building resilience and improving recovery outcomes are potentially substantial. However, relatively few countries or communities have plans or preparedness measures in place for recovery. PDRP facilitates long-term recovery with a holistic approach, considering the range of potential recovery decisions, actions, and financing needs that will be needed in the event of a disaster. It is consistent with other plans promoting coherence and avoiding planning conflicts in recovery. It links with recovery frameworks, it fosters broad-based participation, and it is often flexible and scalable to meet uncertain needs.

This session aims to demystify PDRP and offer practical options for uptake. Speakers will provide insights and lessons to support leaders and practitioners with PDRP. Speakers will share PDRP success factors and how they have overcome barriers to implementation.   

Session objectives

• Demonstrate effective models for implementing pre-disaster recovery planning at national and local levels;
• Share practical experiences and lessons from practitioners, including success factors, barriers, evidence of effectiveness;  
• Explore the scope of pre-disaster recovery measures and their feasibility to support building back better;  
• Develop recommendations for a core set of pre-disaster recovery measures. 

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Evidence shows that infrastructure systems are increasingly affected by natural and man-made hazards, and the impacts of climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic has particularly shown the breadth of the consequences of systematically underinvesting in resilience. As recovery packages are readied and implemented, recovery efforts must build resilience and sustainability into infrastructure systems and networks. Recovery strategies can strengthen resilience of key sectors which provide the first line of defence against disasters and the negative impacts of climate change.

However, today’s reality is that disaster recovery too often is unplanned, and underfinanced. Preparedness to build back better remains limited and is usually addressed only as a post-disaster consideration. Given the growing frequency and intensity of disasters, more needs to be done to allocate necessary resources and develop capacity for recovery actions that build resilience and reduce risk across sectors.

Session objectives

• Improved understanding of the role and importance of resilient infrastructure for recovery
• Strengthening policy instruments to integrate and finance resilient infrastructure.
• Identifying ways for improved data collection as a basis for evidence-based decision-making and financing of infrastructure recovery

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Anticipatory financing is a mechanism that allows the release of pre-planned funds in the event of imminent disaster or a shock event, which significantly speeds up response and recovery efforts, running ahead of traditional financial aid provision and economic recovery, which require a lot more time and coordination (Weingärtner & Wilkinson, 2019). That said, anticipatory financing should not be understood as a substitute for investment and action to reduce vulnerability and ensure long-term recovery, but should instead be seen as an integral component of disaster risk management, recovery, adaptation and resilience (ODI, 2020). 

To be effective, FdF and anticipatory financing require planning, dedicated funding, establishing systems and distributing roles to stakeholders. Options could be diverse and should be applicable to the local context. This requires improved understanding of the benefits of anticipatory financing, the mechanisms behind it, how it can be integrated into existing policy and practice, and how can different stakeholders contribute and engage in this process. 

Session objectives

• Discuss the role of anticipatory financing for recovery
• Identify gaps and opportunities for the establishment and adoption of anticipatory and forecast-based financing mechanisms for improved and more resilient recovery
• Provide examples and share practices from the implementation of anticipatory financing approaches >
• Identify stakeholders’ roles and engagement