Global Assessment Report 2019

The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is the United Nations’ flagship report on global efforts to reduce risk. 2019 sees the first edition of the GAR to be published since the adoption of the 2015 agendas and provided: 1) an introduction to the systemic nature of risk in the context of sustainable development, and interconnected systems, 2) an analysis of national reporting in implementing the outcome, goal, targets and priorities of the Sendai Framework and disaster-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including a focus on Target (e), and 3) an examination of the broadened scope of hazards and risks of the Sendai Framework – trends, patterns and practice of assessment. Informed by cutting edge, innovative research and practice in understanding and managing risk, the GAR is developed through a set of partnerships with governments, businesses, academic and private disaster risk-related science and research and international organizations.

Moderator:

Ricardo Mena, Chief, Supporting and Monitoring Sendai Framework Implementation Branch, UNDRR

Speakers:

Kamal Kishore, Member National Disaster Management Agency India

Roger Pulwarty, Senior Scientist Physical Sciences Laboratory and Co-chair National Integrated Drought Information System National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Jacqueline McGlade, Maasai Mara University, Kenya, University College London

Juan Pablo Sarmiento, Research Professor at the Department of Health Policy and Management Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work Florida International University

Mandisa Kalako-Williams, Former SG of South Africa Red Cross, South Africa