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. Science and Technical Advisory Group
Outcomes of UNISDR
Regional Meetings and
establishing an international
science advisory
mechanism for DRR to
strengthen resilience for
Post-2015 Framework
Professor Virginia Murray.
Vice-chair UNISDR Science and Technical Advisory Group
Public Health Consultant in Global Disaster Risk Reduction,,
Public Health England

2. http://www.unisdr.org/eng/hfa/docs/HFA-brochure-English.pdf

5. Recommendations
1. Encourage science to demonstrate
that it can inform policy and practice
2. Use a problem-solving approach to
research that integrates all hazards
and disciplines
3. Promote knowledge into action
4. Science should be key to the Post-
2015 Hyogo Framework for Action

6. Recommendations
1. Encourage science to demonstrate
that it can inform policy and practice
2. Use a problem-solving approach to
research that integrates all hazards
and disciplines
3. Promote knowledge into action
4. Science should be key to the Post-
2015 Hyogo Framework for Action

9. An Action Agenda
1.Champion and reinforce existing
and future programmes and
initiatives for integrated research
and the scientific assessment of
disaster risk
2.Establish an international science
advisory mechanism for disaster
risk reduction to strengthen
resilience for the post 2015 agenda

10. Statement on establishing an
international science advisory
mechanism for disaster risk reduction to
strengthen resilience
• producing periodic reports on current and
future disaster risks and on the status of
efforts to manage such risks at global, regional,
national and local scales.

12. Statement on establishing an
international science advisory
mechanism for disaster risk reduction to
strengthen resilience
• producing periodic reports on current and
future disaster risks and on the status of
efforts to manage such risks at global, regional,
national and local scales.
• monitoring progress toward internationally-agreed
targets for reducing disaster losses and
building resilience to disasters.
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14. Statement on establishing an
international science advisory
mechanism for disaster risk reduction to
strengthen resilience
• producing periodic reports on current and
future disaster risks and on the status of
efforts to manage such risks at global, regional,
national and local scales.
• monitoring progress toward internationally-agreed
targets for reducing disaster losses and
building resilience to disasters.
• providing guidance on terminology,
methodologies and standards for risk
assessments, risk modelling, taxonomies
and the use of data. .

16. Statement on establishing an
international science advisory
mechanism for disaster risk reduction to
strengthen resilience
• convening stakeholders to identify and
address demands for scientific research,
information and evidence on disaster risk and
resilience.
• enhancing the communication of complex
scientific information and evidence to support
the decision-making of policy makers and
other stakeholders.

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18. Africa’s contribution to the post-2015
framework for disaster risk reduction
• The establishment of regional mechanisms
that enable more active engagement of a
wider range of science partners (including
health and agriculture) can support broader
efforts to establish an
international science advisory
panel for disaster risk reduction
and to bring scientific, local and indigenous
knowledge within a common framework of
understanding.

20. Recommendations for the post-2015
international framework on Disaster
Risk Reduction (HFA2)
• Integrate knowledge and information for
formulating evidence-based risk management
policies…… The establishing of a
scientific-academic mechanism
supported by governments is
wanted to advise country
authorities and strengthening
exchange networks

22. Statement of Voluntary Commitments
of Asia Science, Technology and
Academia Stakeholder Group for the
6th Asian Ministerial Conference for
DRR Bangkok
• Support the establishment of an
international science,
academia and technology
advisory mechanism for disaster
risk reduction to strengthen resilience for
the post-201 agenda

23. Calls for Science at Prepcom 1
• 65/87 Country Statements
• 8/10 Major Group Statements

25. The HFA2 pre zero draft launched
on August 8th 2014
• “Strong call for science”
• The Scientific and Technical Committee ….
should be revitalized as an international
science advisory mechanism, built
on networks of national and regional
institutions in order to strengthen the
evidence base in support of the
implementation and monitoring framework,
promote scientific research into risk patterns
and trends and the causes and effects of
disaster risk on society:….

26. The HFA2 pre zero draft launched
on August 8th 2014