Post-2015 Development Framework- proposals from MLIT Yusuke AMANO
Director, International Affairs Office,Water and Disaster Management Bureau,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism,
Japan
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Goals, targets and indicators of MDGs
Goals
1. Eradicate
extremepoverty andhunger

Clear &Targets
Indicators
measurable
1A. Halve the proportion of people
Proportion of population living
whose income is less than $1.25/day below $1.25/day
etc.
1B. Achieve full and productive
employment and decent work for all,including women and young people- GDP growth per employedperson- employment rateetc.

2. Achieve universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

7. Ensureenvironmental
sustainability

7A. Integrate principles of sustainable - Proportion of land area
development into country
covered by forest
policies and programs and reverse- CO2 emissions (total, per
the loss of environmental resources capita, and per $1 GDP) etc.
7C. Halve the proportion of people
without sustainable access to safe
drinking water and basic sanitation

8. Global partnership for development

Proportion of population using
improved drinking water source
improved sanitation facility

Only one target for Water1

Proposed goals by the High-Level Panel (May 2013)
Goal 1:End poverty
Goal 2:Empower girls and women andachieve gender equality
Goal 3:Provide quality educationand lifelong learning
Goal 4:Ensure healthy lives
Goal 5:Ensure food security andgood nutrition
Goal 6:Achieve universal access towater and sanitation
Goal 7:Secure sustainable energy Target 1d ”Build resilience and reduce
deaths from natural disasters by x%” 6a. Provide universal access to safe
drinking water at home, and inschools, health centers, and refugeecamps
 6b. End open defecation and ensure
universal access to sanitation at
school and work, and increase accessto sanitation at home by x% 6c. Bring freshwater withdrawals inline with supply and increase water
Goal 8:Create jobs, sustainableefficiency in agriculture by x%,
livelihood, and equitable growthindustry by y% and urban areas byGoal 9:Manage natural resource assetsz%sustainable 6d. Recycle or treat all municipal and
Goal 10:Ensure good governance andindustrial wastewater prior toeffective institutions
discharge
Goal 11:Ensure stable and peaceful TargetTarget on
on disasterdisaster risk
risk reduction
reductionsocieties
Goal 12:Create a global enabling Independent
Independent water
water && sanitation
sanitation goal
goalenvironment and catalyze TargetTarget on
on wastewater
wastewater treatment
treatment
long-term financeSource: “The Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda” (May 2013) <http://www.un.org/sg/management/beyond2015.shtml>

2Road to Post-2015 Development Framework
Road to Post-2015 MDGs
May 2013

May 2013

Global Platform 2013

High Level Panel Report
2014

SIDS Conf.

July 2013

2014

2014

Inter governmental
Preparatory process
for WCDRRMay 2014

ECOSOC

Mar. 2015

UN World Conference on
Disaster Risk Reduction
2015

HFA2 Endorsement
by UN/GA Resolution

HFA2 – Post 2015 Framework for DRR

Rio +20(UN Conference on Sustainable Development)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was proposed.

SG Report

May 2014

OECD Ministerial
Regional Platforms, etc. Council Meeting

June 2012

Sep. 25. 2013

Special Event for MDGs
68th Session of General AssemblyMar. 2013
- Aug. 2014

SDGs
Open Working Group・Sole running inter-governmental
working group
・SDGs is agreed to be integrated topost MDGs at RIO +20

Sep. 2014

Discussions at various fora

SDGs Report

Inter Governmental Negotiation

2014

69th Session of General Assembly
Decision Making by UN Member States

Summit for post 2015 Dev. Framework 2015
UN/GA Resolution(70th Session of GA)

Post - 2015 Development Framework

2016 -3

Post-2015 Target for Disaster Risk Reduction
Proposed-Level Panel
Proposed Target
Target byby thethe High
High-LevelPanel

Build resilience and reduce deaths from natural disasters by x%
Inclusion of a target on disaster risk reduction is a big step forward.
But…
Protecting assets and jobs/livelihoods by investing into disasterprevention is inevitable for eradicating poverty.
Target on disaster risk reduction should not only aim to reduce deaths
but also economic damages and losses.
Weakness of the proposed
target
Indicator value depends on the magnitude or frequency of disasters
occurring in the target period, and comparing numbers from different
periods may provide misleading results.
 It is not necessarily an appropriate indicator to measure the progress
resulting from the efforts and measures implemented.

Need an appropriate indicator that can measure “progress”
4Recommendation by MLIT
Proposed
Proposed Target
Target onon Disaster
Disaster Risk
Risk Reduction
Reduction

Reduce deaths and economic damages from natural disasters by half
Proposed
Proposed Indicator
Indicator on
on Disaster
Disaster Risk
Risk Reduction
Reduction% reduction in death and economic damages-Indicate how much damage has been reduced by disastermanagement measuresdamage: deaths or economic damages/losses

Advantages of the above indicator Using actual figures of deaths/damages gives a sense of reality ascompared to other MDGs indicators.
 By indicating in % reduction rather than absolute value, it can represent
the effectiveness of disaster prevention investment regardless of themagnitude of disasters the world will experience in the next 15 years.
 Estimated damage with no measures in place can be calculated
relatively easily using a model calibrated based on the actual disasters.

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