20 November 2015: Participants at the 2nd Asia Partnership Meeting of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) have developed a draft regional plan for the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in Asia. The draft plan will be submitted to the 2016 Asia Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) for further discussion and adoption.

Serving as preparatory meeting for the AMCDRR, the 2nd ISDR Asia Partnership (IAP) Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) took place from 17-19 November 2015, in New Delhi, India. The event focused on measures to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework at the regional, national and local levels. Delegates discussed, among other issues: indicators and monitoring for implementation; targets and indicators for the national level; inputs from stakeholders; implementation in different sectors, including health, education, and science and technology; the role of cities; and priorities for implementation at the local level.

Delegates agreed to a draft regional plan for implementing the Sendai Framework in Asia, which will be forwarded to the AMCDRR to be held in November 2016, in New Delhi, India.

In line with the Sendai Framework, the regional plan will promote measures to reduce disaster risk in Asia, including addressing climate change as one of the main drivers of disaster risk. Climate change-related activities provided for in the Sendai Framework include climate-change scenarios and mapping climate vulnerability, early warning systems including climate services, and incorporating DRR in into multilateral and bilateral development assistance programmes for climate change adaptation. [UNISDR Press Release, 20 November 2015] [UNISDR Press Release, 17 November 2015] [Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030] [2nd IAP Meeting Webpage]