The Epilogue of the report reflects on the current state of disaster risk management and the changes that are needed in light of the causes and results of the COVID-19 pandemic given the lessons learned in disaster risk management to date. [...] Previous editions of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) published by the United Nations between 2009 to 20152 made important contributions to the establishment of the guidelines, targets and objectives of the Sendai Framework, while the 2017 and the 2019 GARs provided analysis and information in support of its implementation.3 The challenges and targets laid out in the a. [...] Making Development Sustainable: The Future of Disaster Risk Management takes stock of the achievements and the unmet goals that remained as the HFA’s term ended and discusses the future of disaster risk reduction and the need for radical changes in the way risk is seen and addressed.12 GAR 2017: Atlas: Unveiling Global Disaster Risk is the result of a multi-year collaboration between a consortium. [...] Their efforts not only led to the creation of the IDNDR, but to the founding and expansion of a significant number of technical and scientific institutions in the LAC region and around the world in the 1970s and 1980s. [...] This increase in the number and diversity of attendees reflects the importance of disaster risk reduction and the growing understanding of its relationship to development, as well as the demand for spaces in which to discuss and debate these issues both nationally and internationally.66 The Sendai Framework67 The Sendai Framework acknowledges the progress made during the duration of the HFA, but a.
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