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Learning Labs: Comprehensive Disaster and Climate Risk Management: A hands-on journey from assessment to integration

Disaster risks are rising and becoming more complex due to climate variability and change.  To ensure that our risk reduction and risk management approaches remain responsive, we need a redirected focus on climate action that is advanced through more comprehensive and integrated understanding of the  changing realities and applying them in planning processes.   A comprehensive approach takes into consideration a number of factors to intentionally strengthen synergies between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, by identifying mutually beneficial opportunities across policies and programmes, while developing capacities of governments for cross-sectoral planning and ensuring vertical alignment. In this session, comprehensive risk assessment and integrated planning process at different levels will be unpacked, discussed and reflected upon through scenarios, examples and exercises.

Interested participants are invited to register for the Learning Labs as soon as possible through this link.

 

Session objectives

  • Enhance understanding of applying an integrated approach in assessment and planning
  • Demonstrate key elements and approaches in comprehensive risk assessment and integration in planning
  • Seek inputs on how we can make the approach better and more responsive to the needs at the national and subnational levels 
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Participants may benefit from bringing their own laptop (but not essential).

Where do we stand 

WGII of the IPCC 6th Assessment Report highlighted that to date, 3.3 to 3.6 billion people live in hotspots of high vulnerability to climate change. Climate change is affecting the lives of billions of people, despite our collective efforts to adapt.  Past measures are no longer an action.  Multiple extreme events that compound the risks are more difficult to manage, and every small increase in warming will result in increased risks especially heat stress, water scarcity, food security, and flood risk.
As the world collectively find ways to scale up action, UNDRR is proposing a concrete solution by focusing on an integrated understanding of risks and translating it into integrated plans.
 

Session guiding questions

  1. Why is integrated planning important?
  2. What is Comprehensive Risk Management and how does it promote integrated planning?
  3. How can we apply it at the national and subnational levels?
  4. What are the impediments to and opportunities for integrated disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation planning at the national and subnational level?  
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  • UNDRR Bonn Office and CRM Partners

WRC5: Opening Ceremony

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The World Reconstruction Conference (WRC) is a global forum that provides a platform for policy makers, experts, and practitioners from government, international organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), the academia, and private sector from both developing and developed countries to come together to collect, assess, and share experiences in disaster recovery and reconstruction and take forward the policy dialogue. Traditionally, the WRC is organized by three partners (EU, UNDP, World Bank) in conjunction with the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction; this year, the International Recovery Platform is joining as a partner.

Hosted by the Government of Indonesia, WRC5 will take place on 24 and 25th May 2022 under the theme “Reconstructing for a sustainable future: Building resilience through recovery in a COVID-19 Transformed World”. The WRC5 will focus on addressing the unprecedented socio-economic recovery needs as a pathway to rebuilding a resilient and sustainable society in the post Covid-19 world. The conference will be organized under three sub-themes: 1) addressing the social and economic effects and impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on “hard-won” development gains, 2) social, infrastructural and economic recovery from disasters as an opportunity to reset the development pathway towards a greener and resilient future, and 3) rethinking recovery governance models: planning, financing and managing recovery from complex and interconnected disaster-conflict events in the post Covid-19 world.

 

Session objectives


  • Welcome participants and speakers to the fifth WRC;
  • Highlight the theme and sub-themes of the conference;
  • Recognize the role of the host and partners; and
  • Outline the expectations and structure of the two-day conference.

Outcome


Participants have a clear understanding of the purpose, structure, design, and expected outcomes of WRC 5.


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Rita Missal rita.missal@undp.org; Ayaz Parvez aparvez@worldbank.org
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Moderator

  • Mr. Ronald Jackson, Head, Disaster Risk Reduction, Recovery for Building Resilience Team, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and International Recovery Platform Steering Committee Chair

Speakers

  • Welcoming Remarks: Ms. Asako Okai, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, and Director, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Crisis Bureau.
  • Opening Remarks: Mr. Muhadjir Effendy, Coordinating Minister of the Ministry for Human Development and Culture, Government of the Republic of Indonesia
  • Remarks: Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Keynote Address: Mr. Pramod Kumar Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Government of the Republic of India
  • Closing Remarks: Mr. Sameh Wahba, Global Director, Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, World Bank
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Session guiding questions

  • How are the theme and sub-themes relevant to current realities and reconstruction challenges?
  • What are the expectations and structure of WRC5?
  • Who contributed to designing and hosting the conference?
  • How will the outcomes contribute to the GPDRR and beyond?
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WRC5 Plenary Session: Addressing the Social and Economic Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on “Hard-won” Development Gains

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The COVID-19 health impacts and containment measures have caused sharp decline in economic activity, jobs and livelihoods, and negative repercussions on health, education and value-chain related services. It has disproportionately affected the most vulnerable and exacerbated inequalities in human development. As a result, the pandemic has negatively impacted hard-won development gains of the 2030 Agenda.

Given the vast scale of impacts, the diversity of ensuing needs and resource requirements, a multi-sectoral response was needed. Early in the pandemic, pre-existing assessment methodology was adapted to the epidemic context as COVID-19 Recovery Needs Assessments (CRNAs). The CRNA delivers macro, meso and micro level analysis and develops prioritized recovery needs with costs under a coordinated and government-owned process, ensuring alignment of the development community behind one comprehensive government-wide strategy which can be converted to common planning and financing outcomes. The findings support development of a comprehensive recovery strategy and recovery programs.

 

Session objectives


This plenary session will share knowledge and experience to advance COVID-19 recovery. It will provide a broad overview of key approaches used worldwide to identify and address the social and economic impact of COVID 19, how well they worked and lessons for strengthening resilience and reducing the pandemic’s impact.

Specific objectives:

  • To share experience on how COVID 19 pandemic has impacted development gains and avenues to reverse the trend.
  • To take stock of best practices and challenges for identifying and addressing the impacts of COVID 19 pandemic
  • To share lessons from the implementation of national and regional recovery frameworks
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Joana Sampainho joana.sampainho@undp.org; Shairi Mathur shairi.mathur@undp.org
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Moderator

  • Ms. Rita Missal, Recovery Advisor (a.i), Crisis Bureau, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Keynote Speakers

  • Mr. Pedro Conceição, Director, United Nations Human Development Report Office
  • Mr. Albert Park, Chief Economist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Panelists

  • Mr. Harsen Nyambe, Director, Directorate of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy, Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment. African Union Commission
  • Mr. Ahmad Zafarullah Abdul Jalil, Director of ASEAN Integration Monitoring Directorate, ASEAN Economic Community Department, ASEAN Secretariat; with Ms. Riyanti Djalante, Assistant Director for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance at the ASEAN Secretariat
  • Ms. Claudia Herrera, Executive Secretary, El Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres en América Central y República Dominicana (CEPREDENAC)
  • Honorable Mr. Miguel Ceara Hatton, Minister of Planning and Economy, the Dominican Republic
  • Mr. Claes Andersson, Senior Crisis Response Planner for EU crisis response actions under the European Commission’s Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI)
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Where do we stand

At the regional level, the African Union Commission (AUC) for Africa and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for Asia have both developed Regional COVID-19 Recovery Frameworks, with the aim to facilitate a risk-informed and resilient recovery from the short-, medium- and long-term impacts of the crisis.

In the national context, there are 12 countries that have developed COVID-19 recovery frameworks based on the application of the CRNA methodology. There also exists a summary of the lessons and best practices emerging from the application of the CRNA methodology in 6 of these countries (Azerbaijan Haiti, Ecuador, El Salvador, South Africa, and Vanuatu).

 

Session guiding questions

  • What was the impact of the pandemic on the development targets and what could be done to reverse the trend?
  • What are the key approaches used to identify the socio-economic impact of COVID-19? How well did the approaches work?
  • What are the key lessons emerging from the implementation of the recovery framework for contributing to resilience strengthening and decreasing the pandemic impact on lives and livelihoods?

 

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WRC5 Plenary Session: Social, Infrastructural, and Economic Recovery from Disasters: An Opportunity to Reset the Development Pathway Towards a Greener and More Resilient Future

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A greener, more resilient and inclusive approach to recovery will help repair structural damage caused by COVID-19 and accelerate climate change mitigation and adaption efforts while restoring momentum on poverty reduction and shared prosperity. This integrated approach seeks to achieve more sustainable and equitable recovery and growth by: i) promoting investments in “greener” systems of production and consumption; ii) supporting resilience building to a variety of shocks to avoid diverting scarce resources to repeated cycles of shock, restructuring, recovery, and rebuilding; and iii) ensuring that recovery is inclusive and does not leave anyone behind.

This session will outline how the world has been transformed since WRC4 and highlight opportunities for improving disaster recovery planning and management to be more sustainable, inclusive and resilient. The session will delve into the policy, strategic and operational challenges and approaches for ensuring that disaster recovery can foster and catalyze greener and resilient development.

 

Objectives

 

  • Clarify how recovery opportunities and challenges have changed and become more complex since WRC4 with the advent of the pandemic;
  • Identify challenges and opportunities for more sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery.
  • Tease out the various elements and modalities of making social, economic and infrastructural recovery more resilient and sustainable.
  • Develop a roadmap of specific policy, strategic and operational measures for ensuring that disaster recovery can in turn promote greener and resilient development
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Yuki Matsuoka matsuoka@un.org; Paul Rosenberg paulelliott.rosenberg@un.org
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Moderator 

  • Mr. Sameh Wahba, Director, Global Director, Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice, World Bank

Speakers

  • Mr. Kamal Kishore, Member Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority, Republic of India
  • H.E. Mr. Siaosi Sovaleni, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Tonga
  • Mr. Anil Pokhrel, CEO, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Panelists

  • Ms. Charlotte Norman, Director, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Department, NDMA, Republic of Ghana
  • Mr. Luis Paulo Mandlate, Executive Director, Post Cyclone Reconstruction Cabinet (GREPOC), Republic of Mozambique
  • Mr. Jim Hall, Professor, Climate and Environmental Risks, Oxford University
  • Ms. Elizabeth Riley, Executive Director, Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)
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Where do we stand

Since WRC4 in 2019, the world has profoundly changed as have the opportunities for social, infrastructural and economic recovery. COVID-19 is the worst disaster that this generation has experienced and the impacts of the pandemic have been compounded by other natural disasters, conflicts and crises. This complex situation has set back efforts to reduce poverty, develop economies and achieve the SDGs. Countries around the world have mobilized unprecedented resources to respond to and recover from the complex and interconnected set of threats. The challenge is to ensure that this mobilization is used as effectively as possible for recovery that builds resilience to future hazards in a sustainable and inclusive manner.

 

Session guiding questions

  • How have challenges and opportunities for recovery transformed since WRC4?
  • What core approaches to recovery are still valid and which need to adapt?
  • How have countries and communities begun to recover from multiple hazards during the pandemic?
  • What are the emerging good practices and lessons learnt for more sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery?
  • How can social, economic and infrastructural recovery be more sustainable and resilient?
  • How can recovery support more resilient and sustainable development?

 

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WRC5 Plenary Session: Rethinking Recovery Governance Models: Planning and Managing Recovery from Complex and Interconnected Disaster-Conflict Events in the COVID-19 Transformed World

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The plenary will highlight key governance issues including: policy and strategic frameworks governing complex multisectoral recovery across the disaster and conflict spectrums, the role of NDMAs and reconstruction agencies in recovery from complex crises including public health emergencies; assessing, planning and managing recovery from complex crisis, jurisdictional challenges in recovering from a national-level emergency and localized disasters, especially in a conflict setting; implementation challenges and capacity constraints (human, financial, institutional, supply chain) in undertaking disaster recovery in conflict settings; reaching vulnerable populations and economic sectors, and addressing the structural drivers of disasters and conflict; building conflict sensitivity in disaster recovery programs; the ability to obtain, understand and communicate information; and building resilience to future shocks in a way that helps to resolve conflict. The session will also identify innovations and good practices that address these issues and light the way forward for improved governance models.

 

Session objectives


  • Assess how well existing governance models for disaster recovery have performed in disaster-conflict situations during COVID-19;
  • Identify and explore the unique governance challenges for recovery that have emerged during the pandemic;
  • Highlight key governance issues for complex recovery that have not been adequately handled by existing institutions and management approaches;
  • Share innovations and good practices that address these issues; and
  • Make recommendations for adapting and improving governance models.
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Ayaz Parvez aparvez@worldbank.org; Haris Sanahuja hsanahuja@worldbank.org
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Moderator 

  • Mr. Ronald Jackson, Head, Disaster Risk Reduction, Recovery for Building Resilience, United Nations Development Programme, and International Recovery Platform Steering Committee Chair

Keynote

  • Mr Niels Holm-Nielsen, Head, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, World Bank

Presenters

  • Mr Antonio Freitas, Deputy Finance Minister, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
  • Mr. Jerry Chandler, Director General, Civil Protection, Republic of Haiti
  • Mr. Nathan Nkomo, Chief Director, Civil Protection, Republic of Zimbabwe

Panelists

  • Mr. Banak Joshua Dei Wal, Director General, Disaster Management, Republic of South Sudan
  • Ms. Anita Chandra, Vice President, RAND Corporation
  • Ms. Katie Peters, Senior Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute
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Where do we stand

COVID-19 has presented the world with unprecedented governance challenges in terms of preparing for, responding to and recovering from the pandemic. Among these challenges are: a) the need for real-time data that can be used for sound decision-making; b) communicating accurate and usable information to key audiences; c) mastering the globalized supply chain; d) addressing a threat that cuts across socio-economic groups, sectors and jurisdictions; e) protecting the groups and economic sectors that are most vulnerable to the virus; and f) ensuring that recovery builds resilience to future risks. Unlike other disasters, the COVID-19 crisis has been protracted and continues to evolve. And, in addition to the deleterious health effects, the response measures have had an enormous socio-economic impacts with related recovery needs.

While the pandemic dominated the global scene, local disasters and conflicts continued to happen with significant impacts on lives and livelihoods. In some situations, disasters and conflicts occurred in the same space, further increasing the complexity of recovery. One consequence of confronting these multiple threats is that, in many cases, existing governance models have not been up to the task of planning and managing recovery. This is particularly the case for complex and interconnected disaster-conflict events that have occurred particularly during the response to the pandemic.

 

Session guiding questions

  • What parameters and principles should govern and inform the disaster recovery programs in conflict settings?
  • How did existing governance models for disaster recovery perform in disaster-conflict situations during COVID-19?
  • What unique challenges have arisen for recovery planning and management during the pandemic, especially in disaster-conflict settings? What are the emerging good practices?
  • How have governments applied DRR/M approaches for recovery from the pandemic?
  • What are the implications for adapting and reforming governance models?

 

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Stakeholder Forum Closing Ceremony & Call to Action

A wide range of the society are committed to contribute to the implementation of the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (Sendai Framework). Their actions, engagement and contribution are crucial to ensure that we meet the targets of the Sendai Framework as well as the wider Agenda 2030. The importance of this all of society engagement is also recognised within and stressed by the SEndai Framework itself.

This is the closing ceremony of the Second Session of the Stakeholder Forum, which is an integral part of the GP2022 preparatory days. This closing ceremony will gather a wide range of stakeholders, as well as representatives from the United Nations System and governments. The participants as well as speakers will learn about the key takeaways coming out from the Stakeholder Forums, and be provided with an opportunity to bring this into the following discussions in the GP2022. We will also hear commitments and about the cruciality to continue with an all-of society engagement in building risk-informed development.

Session objectives

  1. Express the gratitude to all participants who engaged and shared their knowledge, standpoints and experience throughout the Second Session of the Stakeholder Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction.
  2. Share key messages from stakeholders on how to build a risk informed development, extracted from both the Stakeholder Forum sessions and the stakeholder declaration.
  3. Provide concrete next steps to build on the existing stakeholder engagement in DRR and enhance their space and contribution to implement the Sendai Framework.
  4. Inspire stakeholders and other attendees to communicate the commitment coming out from and the lessons learned during the Stakeholder Forum into the 7th Global Platform on DRR.

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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Moa Herrgård, moa.m.herrgard@gmail.com Rebecca Murphy, rebecca.murphy@gndr.org Jekulin Lipi, jekulin.lipi@unmgcy.org
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Moderator 

  • Mr. Dan Perell, Representaive to the United Nations, Baha'i International Community (BIC)
  • Ms. Martha Moghbelpour, Youth from India

Speakers

  • Mr. Nelson Tivane, Project Manager and Adviser on Disaster Displacement in Mozambique and Southern Africa, Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Ms. Violet Shivutshe, Chair, Huairou Commission
  • Mr. Abhilash Panda, Deputy Chief, Inter-governmental, Interagency cooperation and Partnerships Branch, The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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UNDRR Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism (SEM) Reflections on the Sendai Framework Midterm Review

The Sendai Framework provides for an all-of-society and all-of-state engagement in preventing and reducing disaster risks posed by both natural and man-made hazards and related environmental, technological and biological hazards and risks. The Mid-Term Review marks the midpoint in the implementation cycle of the Sendai Framework and its scope includes, inter alia, a retrospective review of progress achieved thus far, a prospective view on what needs to be done in the future to address current and emerging issues, creating coherence with the reviews or  other sustainable development frameworks

Session objectives

  1. Increase awareness of the Mid-Term Review
  2. Outline the importance of stakeholder engagement in the Mid-Term Review
  3. Share how stakeholder community can participate
  4. Share preliminary findings
  5. Capture initial reflections and feedback on the preliminary findings from the SEM
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Aashish Khullar, khullar.aashish@gmail.com Rebecca Murphy, rebecca.murphy@gndr.org
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Moderator

  1. Rebecca Murphy, Focal Point of SEM and Policy Lead, The Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (GNDR)

Speakers:

  • Marc Gordon, Senior Coordinator of the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework, The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Aashish Khullar, Consultant, The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Jane Katz, Representative of the Urban Cluster in UNDRR_SEM
  • Mr. Takeshi Komino, Deputy Chairperson, Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN)
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Guiding questions for discussions:

  1. What are the key elements and procedures of the MTR SF?
  2. What are the preliminary findings of the SEM MTR?
  3. What reflections do the wider SEM have on these findings?
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The importance of integrating resilience in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing – an ESG+R approach

Direct and indirect financial losses caused by disasters are rising. Disasters generate significant economic, fiscal, and social shocks. It is estimated that global investments of €1.6 trillion in appropriate disaster risk reduction strategies could avoid losses of €6.4 trillion. However, the current level of resilient investments does not match the scale of the challenges.

The private sector and other stakeholders have been integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into their work. The negative financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic signals the need to address risks that materialise in complex and interrelated ways. Integrating resilience into ESG investing could entail:

  • Develop targeted DRR financing strategies,
  • A ‘Think Resilience’ approach to all investments,
  • Targeted investment in resilient infrastructure, and
  • financial institutions aligning their strategies, operations and activities with the Sendai Framework.

The session discusses gaps, barriers, opportunities, and enabling factors to facilitate and scale-up investments in resilience which ensure that people and the planet are put on the forefront.
 

Session objectives

  1. To underline the importance of integrating resilience in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing
  2. To incentivize a mindset shift from a short-term outlook and under-prioritising disaster risks to promoting a “Think Resilience” approach for all investments
  3. To unpack successful efforts and showcase the benefits of investing in resilience
  4. To understand the roles and strategies of the private sector in collaboration with other stakeholders for proactive investments in resilience
  5. To discuss gaps, barriers, opportunities, and enabling factors to facilitate and scale-up investments in resilience

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Moderator 

  • Ms. Modiegi Hildah Radikonyana, Senior Humanitarian Manager, Old Mutual Foundation

Speakers

Segment 1: Good practises of risk-informed investments that highlight the benefits and lessons learned to minimise the generation of systemic risks

  • Mr. Fernando Perez de Britto, AI Systems Research (AISR), ARISE Vice-Chair
  • Mr. Shaun Tarbuck, International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF)
  • Ms. Monica Freyman, The Cooperators
  • Mr. Brig (Dr) BK Khanna, CEO ARISE India
  • Ms. Marianna Bulbuc, Bizzmosis Group
  • Ms. Aidee Zamorano, Zurich Foundation

Segment 2: The role and potential successful strategies from the public and third sectors

  • Dr. Paul Hudson, University of York, S&T Major Group
  • Ms. Sandra Wu, Member of UN Global Compact Board, Chairperson and CEO of Kokusai Kogyo, Co., Ltd.
  • Dr. Mahmoud Al-Burai, ARISE UAE, UN Global Compact MENA representative
  • Prof. Lloyd Waller, Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre
  • Ms. Emily Gvino , Environmental Planner, Clarion Associates
  • Ms. Ma. Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga, Member, Asia Pacific Science and Technology Advisory Group (APSTAG), President, National Resilience Council (NRC)
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The session discusses gaps, barriers, opportunities, and enabling factors to facilitate and scale-up investments in resilience.

Where do we stand

The direct and indirect financial losses caused by disasters are rising. Disasters generate significant economic, fiscal, and social shocks. At the macro level, both low-and-middle income economies as well as high-income economies are highly exposed to these shocks, with the former being disproportionately affected. At the micro level, disasters cause major disruptions in the functioning of firms and all parts of society in general. It is estimated that global investments of €1.6 trillion in appropriate disaster risk reduction strategies could avoid losses of €6.4 trillion

The private sector and other stakeholders have been integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into their work. However, the current level of resilient investments does not match the scale of the challenges. The negative financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic signals the need to address risks that materialise in complex and interrelated ways. Integrating resilience into ESG investing could entail: 1) Develop targeted DRR financing strategies, 2) A ‘Think Resilience’ approach to all investments, 3) Targeted investment in resilient infrastructure, and 4) financial institutions aligning their strategies, operations and activities with the Sendai Framework.

Session guiding questions

  • What is the role of resilience within ESG?
  • What are successful efforts and benefits of investments in resilience?
  • What are the main gaps, barriers, opportunities, and enabling factors for investments in resilience to scale-up and reach the most vulnerable?
  • What role, strategies, and responsibilities do the private sector and other stakeholders have in risk financing?
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WRC5 Technical Session: Assessing Recovery in Complex and Interconnected Disaster-Conflict Events

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Recovery from situations where disasters (including COVID-19) occur in a conflict situation is particularly challenging. The first step in preparing a recovery framework for these complex crises is to assess the impact of the interconnected events and the needs for recovery. This requires attention not only to socio-economic reconstruction but also to peacebuilding.

A hybrid approach is warranted for several reasons. There is guidance on how PDNAs can be more conflict-sensitive. However, PDNAs do not assess the nature of conflict and opportunities for peacebuilding. RPBAs are designed to focus on recovery for peacebuilding but do not incorporate resilience to and recovery from disaster risks as part of their framework. Thus, neither approach is adequate for the task of assessing recovery from these complex, interconnected events.

 

Session objectives

 

  • Understand the current assessment approaches (conflict-sensitive PDNAs and RPBAs);
  • Clarify the roles that disaster-conflict recovery assessment should play, including towards the development of integrated recovery frameworks for disaster and conflict recovery and peacebuilding;
  • Review recent experience with hybrid approaches that have been used for recovery assessment in complex settings;
  • Develop recommendations for improving recovery assessment in complex and interconnected disaster-conflict events.
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Haris Sanahuja hsanahuja@worldbank.org; Rita Missal rita.missal@undp.org
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Moderator

  • Mr. Ayaz Parvez, Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), World Bank

Case Study Presenters

  • Mr. Miguel Kattan, Secretary for Commerce and Investments, Government of El Salvador, and Jerson Rogelio Posada, Vice Minister of Finance, Government of El Salvador
  • Ms. Joy Aoun, Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank

Panelists

  • Mr. Tom Hockley, Team leader, European Union Foreign Policy Instrument under EU-UN-WB Joint Declaration on Post-Crisis Assessment and Recovery Planning
  • Ms. Rita Missal, Recovery Advisor, a.i., Crisis Bureau, United Nations Development Programme
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Where do we stand

The main approaches to understanding impacts and needs from disaster-conflict events are conflict-sensitive Post-Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNAs) and Recovery and Peace-Building Assessments (RPBAs) which emerged from post-conflict needs assessments. PDNAs have largely been developed and managed by the disaster risk management community while RPBAs are the territory of the fragility, conflict and peacebuilding community. However, there is no common approach to assessing recovery needs from disaster-conflict situations such as the occurrences of drought and civil war in Somalia, cyclones and Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh or earthquakes and civil unrest/political instability in Haiti.

 

Session guiding questions

  • How do disaster-conflict events differ from purely natural disaster occurrences or conflict situations? Are there implications for needs assessment and recovery?
  • What are the strengths and weaknesses of existing approaches?
  • What elements of disaster risk management and peacebuilding should be included in a recovery assessment?
  • What has been learned from experiences with hybrid approaches to disaster-conflict assessment?
  • How should the assessment approach to recovery needs for disaster-conflict events improve? How could these recommendations be adopted?

 

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Stakeholder Forum: Opening Ceremony

The Sendai Framework calls for an all of society approach in building disaster resilience. The Stakeholder Forum will provide a space for discussions about how to strengthen collaboration and all-of-society approaches in the implementation of the Sendai Framework in coherence with the other 2030 Agendas.

This Opening Ceremony of the Stakeholder Forum will set the stage for the GPDRR-week. We will hear from a variety of representatives from the United Nation system, national Governments, local, private and community leaders – sharing commitment for engaging stakeholders. 

The UNDRR Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism will also present  the Stakeholder Declaration, which unifies the voices of all parts of the society and provides recommendations on building disaster resilience. The Ceremony culminates with a spiritual blessing from the Indiginous Community.
 

Session objectives

  1. Set the stage of all-of-society approach within the 7th Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction, including its preparatory days.
  2. Open the 2nd Stakeholder Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction, and welcome all of its attendees.
  3. Present the Stakeholder Declaration for the 7th Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction. 
  4. Introduce the objectives, formats and expected outcome of the 2nd Stakeholder Forum on Disaster Risk Reduction. 
  5. Communicate commitments in ensuring a continuation of an all-of-society-approach in the implementation of the SEndai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction.

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: 

Conference content type
Conference session
Onsite Accessibility
On
Contact
Moa Herrgård, moa.m.herrgard@gmail.com Jane Katz, janedokatz@gmail.com Anish Shrestha, anish.giyc@unmgcy.org
Display on agenda
Yes
Time zone
Asia/Makassar
Participation
Primary floor language
Room/Location
Exhibition Gallery
BICC Ground Floor
Conference event type
Speakers

Moderator

  1. Adessou Kossivi, Africa Regional Office, Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction
  2. Elizabeth Petheo, Asia Pacific Regional Representative & Principal Miyamoto International Inc.

Speakers

  • Inia Seruiratu, Minister for Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management, Fiji
  • Carlos Kaiser Mansilla, Executive Director, ONG Inclusiva
  • Sonika Poudel, Youth from Nepal
  • Kurt Kunz, Ambassador of Switzerland to Indonesia, to Timor-Leste and ASEAN
  • Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
  • ChanTripura, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
Event bucket
Preparatory Days