THE head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Monday praised the Philippines' people-centered approach to disaster risk reduction.
THE head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction on Monday praised the Philippines' people-centered approach to disaster risk reduction.At the 2024 Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction , UNDRR chief Kamal Kishore said the Philippines is already 'way ahead' of the DRR curve as focus on communities, which are often the most affected during calamities, is an essential component of reducing and managing disaster risks.
The framework is the outcome of the UN-supported negotiations held from 2014 to 2015 that aim to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks.All states and stakeholders involved in the agreement are currently working toward achieving seven global targets by 2030, including reducing mortality and direct economic loss from disasters and increasing access to multi-hazard early warning systems and the number of countries with national and local DRR strategies.
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