Contribution of Science and Technology to Achieving the 2020 Sendai Target

To achieve Target E of the Sendai Framework that focuses on national and local disaster risk reduction strategies, countries will need to access and use credible and robust multi-hazard risk assessments. This includes evidence-based risk information provided by and developed together with the science and technology community.

The Sendai Framework calls on the science and technology community to focus on understanding disaster risk factors and scenarios, support action by local communities and authorities, and enhance the interface between policy and science for decision-making.

The session will build on the outcomes of the UNISDR Conference on Science and Technology held in January 2016 in Geneva that launched the UNISDR Science and Technology Partnership and Roadmap. It will discuss the contribution of science and technology in achievement of Target E of the Sendai Framework with particular focus on illustrating how appropriate global, national and local disaster risk assessments and scientific analysis have been used to inform disaster risk reduction planning and monitoring at national and local levels. Concrete examples of solutions to bridging the gap between science and policy-making in disaster risk reduction local and national planning processes will be presented.

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Contribution of Science and Technology to Achieving the 2020 Sendai Target