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Regional Paper Prize and the Best National Paper Prize . She then became the first female professor of electrical engineering in the US at the University of Texas at Austin .
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 - UDDRR
In the two years since the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 was agreed by Member States , much progress has been made in reducing disaster risk . Numerous countries have aligned their national strategies with the Sendai Framework , early warning systems have been strengthened , disaster risk management legislation has been enacted , and public education and training have intensified .
At the same time , the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction , hosted by Mexico in 2017 in Cancun , highlighted the enormous challenges that remain . The economic costs of disasters continue to escalate , in some places faster than gross domestic product , as a consequence of poorly risk-informed economic planning and investment . Climate change is increasing and represents a fundamental threat to efforts to reduce disaster risk . It is exacerbating existing natural hazards , with cascading impacts on livelihoods , food security , displacement and even conflict .
Integrating disaster risk management , including climate risk , in sustainable development planning and budgets at the national and sub-national levels will require strong national co-ordination mechanisms that meaningfully engage all relevant institutions and stakeholders , as well as coherent support from the United Nations system . This co-ordination and engagement will be essential if Member States are to achieve the Sendai Framework ’ s global target that has the earliest deadline , namely to have national and local disaster risk reduction strategies in place by 2020 .
The Asia Regional Plan for Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction was adopted at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction , hosted by India in New Delhi from November 2 to 5 , 2016 . The Plan comprises disaster risk reduction policy guidance at the national level that includes milestones to guide countries in the pursuit of the seven global targets of the Sendai Framework and a two-year action plan aligned with the four priorities for action set out in the Sendai Framework . Furthermore , the regional Road Map for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific , adopted by the member States of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific ( ESCAP ) at the fourth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development , held in March 2017 , identifies disaster risk reduction as a priority area . Subsequently , in May , ESCAP adopted Resolution 73 / 7 on enhancing regional co-operation for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in Asia and the Pacific .
Science and technology partners actively contribute to disaster risk reduction and shape national and international policy . Progress has been made to reconfigure the Science and Technology Advisory Group to ensure an interdisciplinary , regionally diverse new membership and to reflect the composition of the Science and Technology Partnership . Members will develop the work plan for several of the deliverables of the Science and Technology Road Map for the implementation of the Sendai Framework . Regional science and technology advisory groups are also being established to advance the contribution of science policy at the national level and to organise sessions on science and technology at regional meetings .
National and local disaster risk reduction strategies can promote the integration of disaster risk management , including climate risk , technological , chemical , industrial and biological risk , across all development sectors and levels of administration , creating an enabling environment for public institutions , the private sector and civil society to co-operate in reducing disaster risk and to promote risk informed development .
Managing disaster risk requires the active engagement of numerous stakeholders . The engagement of the private sector is essential . More than 70 % of the tens of trillions of dollars in investment in new infrastructure in the decades ahead will be made by the private sector . It will fundamentally be up to the private sector to ensure these investments are risk informed .
The Sendai Framework for measuring progress on reducing disaster risk and losses introduced seven global targets .
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