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The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 shifts the focus from managing disasters to managing risks. Such a shift requires a better understanding of risk in all its dimensions of hazards, exposure and vulnerability; a disaster risk governance that ensures disaster risk is factored into planning and development at all levels across all sectors; …

The year of 2020 marks the fifth year of Sendai Framework implementation since 2015. The Target E of Sendai Framework, which called to “substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020”, requires a sense of urgency by all nations. Countries in the Asia Pacific are have been …

The Asia-Pacific region has been the world’s hotspot of economic development and innovation in terms of science and technology over recent decades. At the same time, the region continues to be highly exposed and vulnerable to disasters. Science and technology-based DRR was a priority in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the …

The First Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction was organized by the Royal Thai Government, Ministry of Science and Technology of Thailand, and UNDRR in collaboration with ASTAAG, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR), Future Earth and other scientific organizations and networks. The Conference brought together more than 300 senior policy-makers, practitioners, …

The Second Asian Science and Technology Conference for DRR 2018 was co-hosted by the Expert Committee of National Commission for Disaster Reduction of China, Ministry of Civil Affairs of China, Ministry of Emergency Management of China, Beijing Normal University and UNDRR. The Conference was attended by more than 300 senior researches and academics, policy-makers, practitioners, …