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National Disaster Consciousness Month Exhibit 2016
Disaster risk reduction is a cross-cutting issue in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sustainable development will remain elusive so long as disasters continue to wipe out development gains.
The Philippines was fourth in the world among countries hit by the highest number of disasters over the past 20 years, according to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction with a total of 274 disasters recorded from 1995 to 2015, affecting 130 million people and costing the economy an average of US$150 million.
Climate change and disaster risk reduction go hand-in-hand. The volatility and unpredictability of a changing climate threatens to increase both the frequency and severity of disasters; national and local efforts to adapt to, or mitigate, the effects of climate change must also prepare for possible disaster scenarios.
The Philippine Government over the past decade has focused on strengthening resilience of communities, including ensuring adequate disaster risk reduction finance and investment particularly for local governments, better use of risk transfer strategies such as insurance, harnessing of science, technology and innovation, and building more resilient infrastructure and agriculture.
The United Nations Development Programme and the Australian Government are long-standing partners of the Philippine Government in ensuring a safer, more disaster-resilient Philippines – jointly working on climate change adaptation and mitigation, and helping communities to adapt to, manage and recover from disasters.
National Disaster Consciousness Month Exhibit 2016
Disaster risk reduction is a cross-cutting issue in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Sustainable development will remain elusive so long as disasters continue to wipe out development gains.
The Philippines was fourth in the world among countries hit by the highest number of disasters over the past 20 years, according to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction with a total of 274 disasters recorded from 1995 to 2015, affecting 130 million people and costing the economy an average of US$150 million.
Climate change and disaster risk reduction go hand-in-hand. The volatility and unpredictability of a changing climate threatens to increase both the frequency and severity of disasters; national and local efforts to adapt to, or mitigate, the effects of climate change must also prepare for possible disaster scenarios.
The Philippine Government over the past decade has focused on strengthening resilience of communities, including ensuring adequate disaster risk reduction finance and investment particularly for local governments, better use of risk transfer strategies such as insurance, harnessing of science, technology and innovation, and building more resilient infrastructure and agriculture.
The United Nations Development Programme and the Australian Government are long-standing partners of the Philippine Government in ensuring a safer, more disaster-resilient Philippines – jointly working on climate change adaptation and mitigation, and helping communities to adapt to, manage and recover from disasters.