These percentages decline to 50% for Target C on reducing disaster economic loss in relation to global GDP, and 60% for Target D on reducing damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services.

The Summary Report also reveals wide data variances for Target E on the number of countries with national and local DRR strategies in place; Target F, on enhancing international cooperation; and Target G, on substantially increasing the availability of multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information.

Mr. Glasser said that data are typically more available on physical damage and human impact, and less available on economic losses, losses of specific assets and infrastructure, cultural heritage and disruptions to basic services.

He said that study of the report would show the magnitude of the work that will need to be undertaken by March 2019 for countries to be able to measure progress against the global targets as planned. To this end, UNISDR will continue to support countries in developing national disaster loss databases. There are 98 at present and government ownership of these disaster loss databases is key to their viability.

Mr. Glasser said that in light of the integrated nature of reporting these datasets against both the Sendai Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals, he was optimistic that the considerable resources that are being mobilized to operationalize the global indicator framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will also benefit the work.

Date:

29 May 2017

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)