At the Seventh Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, hosted by the United Nations in Bali (25-28 May), the European Union reaffirmed its commitment to the Sendai Framework Plan of Action and called for urgent investment in resilience.
“We urgently need to make the much-needed investments in disaster risk reduction”, the EU and its member states said in a joint statement.
“The way we manage our ecosystems and natural resources such as water and land are determinant to reduce exposure and vulnerabilities, and to increase our resilience. Through ecosystem-based approaches and nature-based solutions, we can help affected countries and communities to build back better, prevent, or reduce future risks and be more resilient”, the statement said.
The EU recalled that at the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (Lisbon, November 2021), it committed to: - invest in a green and disaster resilient recovery; - better understand and communicate on existing, emerging, and future systemic risks; - enhance efforts in promoting inclusive and collaborative risk governance and decision-making; - collaborate and share knowledge and experience, and periodically review our progress.
See the statement: https://aeur.eu/f/1vb (Original version in French by Aminata Niang)