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Women,
Disaster Reduction and Sustainable Development
Prepared by the ISDR Secretariat, UN, Geneva
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on Sustainable Development
The 11th
Session of CSD (2003) adopted the themes of disaster management
and vulnerability to be reviewed in its fifth cycle (2014-2015).
In light of the crosscutting nature of the issues, risk management
and vulnerability will also be examined in the context of other
thematic clusters of CSD, such as water, sanitation and human
settlements (2004-2005) and drought and desertification (2006-2007).
For more information on the work and plans of the CSD: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/
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Summary
of action points related to disaster risk reduction in the
Johannesburg Plan of Action
WSSD
provided a timely reminder to the international community
that faulty development and inappropriate use of resources
are contributory factors to natural disasters. The Johannesburg
Plan of Implementation (JPoI) includes commitments related
to disaster and vulnerability reduction and improved early
warning under the sections of protecting and managing the
natural resource base of economic and social development,
Africa, Small Island Developing States and means of implementation.
Attached find a compilation prepared by the ISDR Secretariat and
Inter-agency Task Force members on initiatives in support of the
various action points related to risk assessment and disaster reduction.
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Disaster
Reduction and Sustainable Development:
Understanding the links between vulnerability and risk to disasters
related to development and environment
This
background paper was developed in a participatory manner
as a contribution to the process leading to the World Summit
on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 26 August- 4
September 2002).
This final version of the ISDR background document includes an
annex with the outcome from WSSD and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
in relation to risk assessment and disaster reduction.
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On-line
Conference to contribute to WSSD and the ISDR background
document
An official Background
paper No 5, Natural Disasters and Sustainable Development: understanding
the links between development, environment and natural disasters presented
at CSD-1, Second PrepCom to the WSSD in January 2002. It was compiled
by the ISDR Secretariat in collaboration with experts, practitioners,
many UN agencies, among them UNDP, UNEP, UN/Habitat, WMO, UN/DESA
and UN/OCHA. It was revised and expanded based on contributions
from 350 participants from 80 countries who participated in an
online debate, organized for the period 15 April-9 May, by the
Stakeholders Forum for our Common Future and the ISDR Secretariat.
This debate focused on risk assessment, education, community action
and early warning and developed on further ideas on the recommendations
for the course of action, implementation and future commitments
(see summary of the online consultation in Word doc.)
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