5th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2014 Integrative Risk Management - The role of science, technology & practice 24-28 August 2014 in Davos, Switzerland

1. Eidgenössisches Department für auswärtige Angelegenheiten EDA
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit DEZA
GMH, 11.8.2014
Towards a Disaster Resilient
Sustainable Development
The importance of DRR in the Sustainable
Development Goals post-2015
Michael Gerber
Swiss Special Envoy for Global Sustainable Development
IDRC Davos, 25 August 2014

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«Reducing disaster risk and
increasing resilience to natural hazards
in different development sectors
can have multiplier effects and
accelerate achievement of the
Millennium Development Goals.»
Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General of the United Nations

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+ Halving extreme poverty
+ Access to safe drinking water
+ School enrolment
+ Livelihoods of slum dwellers
– Maternal & child mortality
– Environmental sustainability
(biodiversity loss, deforestation,
greenhouse gas emissions, etc.)
– Silo approach

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&
Sustainable Development Goals

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Sustainable Development Goals
Paradigm shift
 Poverty reduction +
 Universality
 New forms of
cooperation and
partnerships

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Major threat to human livelihood
250 million affected
Poor and marginalized = most vulnerable
Harm to economic and human capital
Death toll: ~ 100’000 / year
Economic damage: USD 150 billion / year
Degradation of ecosystems
Drawback for sustainable development

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Major trends
Increase in weather-related disasters
Increase in exposure and vulnerability
of people and economic assets
Early action
Reduce disaster risks, build resilience!
Drawback for sustainable development

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From: “Response only”
To: Integrated Risk Management
+10

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Social
Dev.
Environ-ment
Economy
Social
Dev.
Environ-ment
Economy
Sustainable Development Goals
Transversal integration
 Reduce exposure and
build resilience to
disasters
 Reduce and prevent
new risks
 Strengthen
capacities and
governance structures
 Promote holistic and
integrative risk
management
 Cooperation state and
non-state actors

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Social
Dev.
Environ-ment
Economy
Social
Dev.
Environ-ment
Economy
Social
Dev.
Environ-ment
Economy
Social
Dev.
Environ-ment
Economy
Social
Dev.
Environ-ment
Economy
Social
Dev.
Environ-ment
Economy
Social
Dev.
Environ-ment
Economy
Sustainable Development Goals
DRR targets in Goals on:
 Poverty eradication
 Hunger, nutrition,
sustainable
agriculture
 Infrastructure
 Cities and human
settlements
 Climate Change
Open Working Group on SDGs

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Coherent, mutually reinforcing, complementary
Targets
Monitoring
Communities
Alignment

12. Eidgenössisches Department für auswärtige Angelegenheiten EDA
Direktion für Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit DEZA
GMH, 11.8.2014
Thank you!