The NDRA Guidelines focus on the Sendai Framework’s first priority for action – understanding disaster risk – which is the basis for all measures related to reducing disaster risk and is closely linked to the other three priorities for action strengthened governance, investment in disaster risk reduction and building back better.

They affirm that “A holistic risk assessment that considers all relevant hazards and vulnerabilities, both direct and indirect impacts, and a diagnosis of the sources of risk will support the design of policies and investments that are efficient and effective in reducing risk.”

A key challenge identified by the authors is ensure that decision-makers use the available information in policy design and investment to avoid the creation of new disaster risk, reduce existing levels of risk and manage the risk that cannot be avoided.

The Guidelines are intended to motivate and guide countries in establishing a national system for understanding disaster risk that is integrated with policy development mechanisms and would act as the central repository of all publicly available risk information.

This national system would lead the implementation and updates of national disaster risk assessment for use in disaster risk management, including for risk-informed disaster risk reduction strategies, climate change adaptation and development plans.  

Date:

13 Oct 2017

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

Themes:

Community-based DRR

Regions:

Africa, Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania