About the United Nations International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR)
The United Nations General Assembly has designated 13 October as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction to promote a global culture of disaster risk reduction. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was started in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. Held every 13 October, the day celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risks that they face.
In 2015 at theThird UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reductionin Sendai, Japan, the international community was reminded that disasters hit hardest at the local level with the potential to cause loss of life and great social and economic upheaval. Sudden onset disasters displace millions of people every year. Disasters, many of which are exacerbated by climate change, have a negative impact on investment in sustainable development and the desired outcomes.
It is also at the local level that capacities need to be strengthened urgently. TheSendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reductionis people-focussed and action-oriented in its approach to disaster risk reduction and applies to the risk of small-scale and large-scale disasters caused by man-made, or natural hazards, as well as related environmental, technological and biological hazards and risks.
The annual global cost of disasters is approximately US$202 billion, and climbing. AIDR warmly invites you to a webinar to hear from three presenters who each bring different perspectives to this conversation and make the case for investing in resilience.
Natalie Egleton (Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal), Paul Box, (CSIRO) and Jimmy Scott (Queensland Reconstruction Authority) will bring their expertise and perspectives to this discussion on the 2025 theme: fund resilience, not disasters.
Natalie will speak about the difference that upfront investment in resilience makes for communities, addressing the grass roots impacts that even small investments can make, and further action that is needed.
Paul will discuss the evidence-base for investment in resilience, and the data that funders and policy-makers need to inform resilience investment.
Jimmy will explain how funding decisions are made, barriers to prioritising resilience, and examples of successful funding models
