GADRIACTIONS
Winter 2020
Volume 13— Number 1

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A Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all!
We hope you are staying safe and keeping well.

Contents

I would like to start by thanking you for your continued support and contributions to
the activities of GADRI and working together in our mutual cause to reduce disasterrisk reduction and management. A special thank you is to our members of the
GADRI Board of Directors and the Advisory Board. They have tirelessly contributed
to GADRI activities and attended the meetings throughout the year.
This year has been exceptionally challenging for all of us. But we have been
resilient and steadfast in our research as well as in personal lives too. We have also
seen where the research gaps are and where we need to focus more andstrengthen our research. We have used the occasion to gather data which will
prepare us for future disasters.

•

First JKML of theProfessor
Jai
Krishna Memorial
Lecture(JKML)
Series•Establishment of theSouth Asian
Alliance of Disaster
Research Institutes(SAADRI)•

Let’s Talk About
Avoidable Deaths:
Views from Multiple
Sectors•

5th Global Summitof GADRI :Engaging Scienceswith Action

Despite the lockdowns and adapting to the new normal, with your help, GADRI
continue to move forward.
1. Held the 3rd Open Discussion Forum of GADRI in February 2020. Just before
the pandemic.
2 In-person meeting of the GADRI Board of Directors and the Advisory Board in
February 2020.
3. GADRI initiative to write a letter to the editor on the Corona Virus.
4. Publication of the first book by Prof. Muneta Yokomatsu and Dr. Stefan
Hochrainer-Stigler on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience under the Disaster
Risk and Research: GADRI Book Series through Springer Japan - https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811543197
5. Published the GADRI Newsletter - https://gadri.net/resources/publications/
6. Published the 2019 Annual Report of GADRI - https://gadri.net/resources/
publications/6. The long-waited Proceedings of the 3rd Global Summit will be out in January
2020
7. Held once a month online meeting of the GADRI Board of Directors and theAdvisory Board
8. Preparing to hold the 5th Global Summit of GADRI: Engaging Sciences with
Action virtually from 31st August to 1st September 2021.
In addition, there were other committee meetings held in-person and via zoom withthe faculty members at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto
University.
We are hoping that we will continue our efforts to expand our activities and explore
new paths to promote disaster risk reduction around the world.
We wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year! Do stay safe andtake care of yourselves.
With best wishes,
Hirokazu Tatano, and all at the GADRI Secretariat

Photos used on the cover page are taken from the free photos from Pixabay.
GADRI Actions is designed, formatted and edited by Hirokazu Tatano and Wilma James.

2First JKML of the Professor Jai Krishna Memorial
Lecture (JKML) Series, 6 November 2020
Organised by CoEDMM , IIT, Roorkee, India
By: Dr. Sudip Roy, IIT, Roorkee, India(1972), the International Award of Japan
Society of Disaster Prevention (1988),
and the award for Lifetime Contributions inEarthquake Engineering by the Indian
National Academy of Engineering (1997).
For his meritorious services to the nation,
he was conferred Padma-Bhushan by thepresident of India in 1972.
The Centre of Excellence in Disaster
Mitigation and Management (CoEDMM)
at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee(IIT
Roorkee)organised
the
First
Professor
Jai
Krishna
Memorial
Lecture (JKML) on Friday, November 6,
2020, as an Online Event.
Professor Jai Krishna was an eminent civil engineer
from India with specialisation in earthquake
engineering. He served University of Roorkee formany years and rose to become its Vice Chancellor.
From the very early stage in his career, Dr Jai
Krishna, worked for the betterment of engineering interms of education and R&D, quality of academics,
professional status, and, opening up new vistas toserve the needs of national development. He served
as a UNESCO Expert for a year in 1967-68, advisingon establishment of an Institute for Earthquake
Engineering in Yugoslavia. In 2008, he was voted(posthumously) as one of the twelve legends ofEarthquake engineering at the 14th World
Conference in Earthquake engineering held at
Beijing. Over his long career he won many prizes
and awards from national and internationalorganizations. Some of the notable awards were theThomason Prize, Cautley Gold Medal, the Calcott
Reilly Memorial Gold Medal, the S S Bhatnagar
Award of CSIR (1966), the National Design Award(1971) of the Indian Institution of Engineers, theMoudgil Award of the Indian Standards Institution

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Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr.

The First
PramodKumar Mishra, 2019
Sasakawa
Laureateand Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India.
His discourse was on “COVID-19,

Black Swan

Events, and the Future of Disaster Risk Managementin India”. Dr P K Mishra’s far-sighted talk generated
interest and stimulated discussion among DRR
professionals, both at national and international level.
His thoughtful rendering of black swan events of pastand the present COVID 19 pandemic situation
brought forward the criticality of the context in rightperspective. Analytical discussion on flow of events
happened in India and abroad as part of the present
Pandemic’s management, was put forward for theaudience succinctly so that they can perceive themanagerial initiatives holistically. The analytic wasfollowed by rendering of the country’s future risk
management philosophy, policies and strategies. Dr
Mishra’s deliberation provides an occasion to learn,ponder, plan and implement actions by the disastermanagers (both present and future), in the face of
this critical uncertain period.

Risk of uncertainty during the pandemic period wasprudently presented by Dr P K Mishra; and this canhelp better to peruse adopted risk management
process, its strength and gap areas to address.

Krishna Memorial Lecture a milestone event, not onlyfor IIT Roorkee but also for the country.

Surely other countries will find resonance of theirsituational analysis in his talk, though it was primarily
focused on India. Dr Mishra has concluded his talklauded the erudite keynote speech delivered by Dr P
K Mishra in the First JKML Event, and appreciatedthe presence of dignitaries, Ms Mami Mizutori forsharing their perspective on Dr Jai Krishna’swith forward-looking advises for resilience against
risk (both acceptable and residual) and uncertainty;
and he categorised Five Pillars on which we need todevelop our future resilience activities, i.e., Local
community, Infrastructure, Finance, Society and mostimportantly, Natural resources. He elaborated theseperspectives
seamlessly.

with evidences in his lecture
Dr P K Mishra highlighted the role of

IIT Roorkee and other technical Institutes in thisresilience mission, even beyond the country’s
boundary many a times.
Ms Mami Mizutori, Head - UNDRR and Special
Representative of the UN Secretary-General(SRSG) attended the First JKML Event and put
forward her comments on the First J K Memorial
Lecture delivered by Dr P K Mishra. She shared herProf. Ajit K Chaturvedi, Director IIT Roorkee,

leadership role. Dr Chaturvedi spoke about thecontinued commitment of IIT Roorkee for the safeand resilient society in India and in the world, as
expected by dignitaries including Dr Mishra and Ms
Mizutori. In continuation he mentioned about
upcoming South Asia Alliance for Disaster Resilience
Institutes (SAADRI) in the CoEDMM, IIT Roorkee
under Dr Mahua Mukherjee’s leadership.
The Event was organized in WebEx platform andsimultaneously on YouTube Platform. The FirstJKML was broadcasted LIVE at DD News, DD
Urttarakhand, and DD Udisha. The First JKML wasorganized by Prof. Mahua Mukherjee, Prof. Sudip
Roy,

Prof.

Anil Kumar Gourishetty, and Prof.

Saptarshi Kolay.

wisdom with the audience while commenting on Dr
Mishra’s lecture as practical, far-sighted andFor more information, please visit webpage:

intellectually rich. Her presence made the First Jai

https: / /www.iitr.ac.in/centers/COEDMM/pages/
Miscellaneous+JKML_Series.html

4Establishment of the South Asian Alliance ofDisaster Research Institutes (SAADRI)
Hosted by CoEDMM, IIT Roorkee
By: Dr. Sudip Roy, IIT, Roorkee, India

The South Asia Alliance of Disaster ResearchInstitutes (SAADRI) was formed at the Centre ofother countries are allowed to join too. The SAADRI

Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management(CoEDMM), IIT Roorkee, India on 13th November

SAADRI.iitr@gmail.com.

Secretariat can be reached at SAADRI@iitr.ac.in and2020. On 6th November 2020 during the First Jai
Krishna Memorial Lecture hosted by the CoEDMM,
IIT Roorkee, the IIT Roorkee Director, Professor A K
Chaturvedi announced the commencement of
SAADRI in CoEDMM, IIT Roorkee. Other dignitaries

SAADRI Program Advisors:present were Ms. Mami Mizutori, Assistant SecretaryGeneral, UNDRR, Dr. P K Mishra, Sasakawa
Laureate of UNDRR and Principal Secretary of PM of
India, and 500 plus dignitaries & participants online.

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The SAADRI aims to deepen the understanding ofdisasters in the South Asia Region including climatechange impact, learn from evidence-based lessons,investigate and resolve implementation challenges, toachieve better resilience, infrastructure andtechnology adoption systems, improved livelihood ofpeople, and promote societal safety culture byintegrating knowledge and technologies. At theformation stage SAADRI will start with members from5 South Asian countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Nepal and Sri Lanka. In addition, members from5•

Professor

B.

Misra

–

Emeritus

Professor,

School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Professor M. L. Sharma, Professor, Departmentof Earthquake Engineering and Joint Faculty at
CoEDMM, IIT Roorkee
SAADRI Secretary-General:•

Professor Mahua Mukherjee, Department ofArchitecture and Planning and Joint Faculty at
CoEDMM, IITRoorkee

For more information, please visit webpage:https: / /www.iitr.ac.in/centers/COEDMM/pages/
SAADRI.html

Let’s Talk About Avoidable Deaths:
Views from Multiple Sectors
Avoidable Deaths Network
School of Business, Dept. Management, Innovation and Technology
Division, University of Leicester, UK
By: Dr. Nibedita Ray-Bennet

The Avoidable Deaths Network’s Special Session
on Avoidable Deaths titled “Let’s Talk About Avoidable Deaths: Views from Multiple Sectors”

India”.
III. Mr. Gatkuoth Kai (Technical Director, Disaster
Risk Reduction, African Union) presented on“Progress on the Implementation of the Africa Programme of Action (PoA) for the Implementation of
the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction(SFDRR) 2015-2030”.

The Avoidable Deaths Network (ADN) organised its
first Special Session titled “Let’s Talk About Avoidable Deaths: Views from Multiple Sectors”, incollaboration with Makerere University, Uganda atthe ‘International Conference on Geographical Science for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems andLivelihoods
under
GlobalEnvironmental
Change’ (G.O.R.I.L.L.A. Conference).

IV. Ms. Ashley Wolfington (Interim Director, Humanitarian Program, IPPF) presented on “Using the
MISP to Reduce Excess Mortality and Morbidity in
Humanitarian Crisis”.

The Session was held on 4 December 2020 virtually, and lasted 2.5 hours commencing at 11 AM till1.30 PM GMT.

V. Dr. Afsana Alamgir Khan (Deputy Program
Manager, Communicable Disease Control, Government of Bangladesh) presented on “Avoidable Malaria Deaths in Bangladesh in 2020”.

The Session was delivered by five esteemed speakers:

The Special Session is available for wider viewing
on the ADN website, by following the link: https://www.avoidable-deaths.net/special-sessions/#Recording

I. Prof. Prabhat Jha (Founding Director, Centre for
Global Health Research, University of Toronto).
Prof. Jha, the keynote speaker, presented on“Avoidable Mortality in India: Lessons from theMillion Death Study”.
II. Mr. Gowri Shankar (Founding Director, Kalinga
Centre for Rainforest Ecology) presented on“Deaths in the Snakebite Capital of the World:

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Concept NoteWiththeunprecedented
Covid-19
circumstances and the unforeseen future, the
5th Global Summit of GADRI will be organised
virtually during the summer of 2021 with ahybrid mini-session proposed to be held inconjunction with the 70th Anniversary of theDisaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI),
Kyoto University in November 2021.

pandemic COVID-19, earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, etc. Such situations prompt
scientists’ interventions, expertise, experienceand the opportunity to share them withemergency managers in crisis situations.

This year’s Global Summit is attentive to thenecessary influence of the Global Alliance andits supporting regional Alliances on bringing thedisasters research to bare on the outcomes of
the UN Climate Change Conference of theParties (COP26) COP26 taking place inGlasgow, November 2021.
The 5th Global
Summit of GADRI will contribute to COP26 andwill provide impetus to climate change andhealth challenges to influence climate policy towork in the disaster resilience and response.
The
5th
GlobalSummitof
GADRI
recommendations, facilitated through the UK
Alliance of Disaster Research, will bepresented at the COP26 in November 2021.

Objective:
The GADRI 2021 summit aims at stock takingof progress and achievements in DRR researchfrom its Members towards the targets of the
Science and Technology Roadmap toimplement the goals and priorities of the
Sendai Framework. The programme willcommunicate
academicscienceacrossscientific disciplines to policy makers andpractitioners. It is an important aspect for
academics to be aware how science candirectly contribute to national and local
disasters, for example, the current global

Target Audience:

Participation:

The target participants are GADRI members(academic institutions), young scientists, science-policy brokers, and policy makers.

•

By registration only•

Registration is free of charge

7Proposed topics:

The current sub-theme – Engaging Science
with Actions – is targeting scientists to demonstrate their plans for action towards implementoriented science.

iii.

Climate and Health: Disaster Resilienceand Response – to influence climate policy
work in the direction of disaster resilienceand response actions based on the weight ofthe collective research by GADRI and its
supporting regional Alliances on bringing thedisasters research to bare on the outcomesof COP26 taking place in Glasgow, November 2021.

iv.

Covid-19 and the New Era of Health Disaster Risk Reduction and Management – Responses and measures to Covid-19 – reports or national synthesis reports on Covid19 – lessons learned and research gaps;
and global pandemics – what is next?

v.

Accessibility of information, data, reaction
to disasters, and knowledge in the absenceof a system to react and respond to the situationvi.

Evaluating obstacles for scientist engagement with policy makers and practitioners - Scientists and Actors Engagement Projects –Proposed topics include:i.

Target E – Governance - Substantially increase the number of countries with national
and local disaster risk reduction strategies
by 2020;•

Scientific knowledge to provide evidence
for effective implementation of DRR policies•

Stock taking of current progress and status of science in the worldii.

Target F – Finance - Substantially enhanceinternational cooperation to developing
countries through adequate and sustainablesupport to complement their national actions
for implementation of the present Framework by 2030;•

vii. Exploring solutions to bridge the gaps for
implementation of science in action

Meeting demands from policy makers
and planners, and actions by science/scientists•

Emphasis on focus of science in theworld today and learning by action•

Future directions for scientists to proceed towards action or practice of science•

Making action an academic concern bysharing available knowledge and targets
for implementation by policy makers

Route from scientific prediction to social implementation: how can we bridge the last but
not least gap between academia and society
for accomplishing disaster risk reduction

8Structure of the Summiti.

Virtual conference within 26-28 hoursii.

Two common sessions are proposed at the
beginning and at the end regardless of thetime;

General - “The EU beliefs that global
collaboration in research is essential tocreate the necessary evidence base forpolicy making. The partnership between
the Commission’s Knowledge Centre and
GADRI/EUDRI helps bridge the gap
between the academic world and thepolicy world.”

iii. three continental sessions for participants ineach region to participate.
•••

Asia covering Oceania – hosted by
GADRI Secretariat
Americas covering North and SouthAmerica –Prof. Paul Kovacs supported by
Prof. Lori Peek and Prof. John van de
Lindt
Europe covering Africa and the MiddleEast – Prof. Jorgen Sparf supported by
Prof. Andrew Collins, and Dr. Tom De
Groeve••Assistant
UNDRR•

Involve DG ECHO from beginning. Place
this event under the Knowledge Network.

•

President Kyoto University and Director,
DPRI, Kyoto University; and SG, GADRI/
Chair, BoD, GADRISecretary-General

of

the

Continent Plenary and group discussion
sessions

iv. Participants are allowed to send theirquestions on a session even though they areunable to participate in a particular session.

•

At least one Keynote speech•

At least three to four discussion groupsv.

•

One panel session with rapporteur fromeach group

Every session will be recorded and
immediately uploaded to the summit website
for ease of access to participants.
•

vi. In general, all registered participants areallowed to take part in every session.
General structure:•

Common opening session - All participants
to attend these session
Opening remarks, may include•

Common Panel session, wrap-up; and closing
Session - All participants to attend thesesession•Each continent rapporteur to represent thegroup discussion sessions•

Wrap-up•

Closing session – closing remarks

Opening by Commissioner or Director

Plenary Sessions:•

Keynote speakers to be identified•

20-40- minute presentation and 20-minutediscussion session•

Presentations will be recorded•

Copyrighted materials should be used
(GADRI will not be responsible for any copyright issues or disputes.)•Should be available for immediate uploading in the conference portal•

Would need an abstract, keywords, and apaper for the conference proceedings. For
further details on the paper, please refer toabstracts and final paper section.

Presentations:9•

All presentation graphics/pictures are understood to be fully copyrighted and is the
responsible of the presenter•

Uploaded presentations are not available
to be copied or cited outside the conference•

Presentations are available for viewing only by the registered participants•

GADRI Secretariat should be provided with
an abstract, keywords, and a paper for the
conference proceedings. For further details
on the paper, please refer to abstracts andfinal paper section.

"Group Discussion Sessions:
Each group will pick-up a theme and the results
will be reported by the rapporteur at the panelsessions. Following are a few ideas floated forpossible discussions.

i.

ii.

Target E – Governance - Substantially
increase the number of countries with national
and local disaster risk reduction strategies by
2020;•

Scientific knowledge to provide evidence
for effective implementation of DRR
policies•

Stock taking of current progress andstatus of science in the world

Target F – Finance - Substantially enhanceinternational cooperation to developing
countries through adequate and sustainablesupport to complement their national actions
for implementation of the present Framework
by 2030;•

Meeting demands from policy makers andplanners, and actions by science/scientists•

Emphasis on focus of science in the world
today and learning by action•

Future directions for scientists to proceed
towards action or practice of science•

Making action an academic concern bysharing available knowledge and targets
for implementation by policy makers

iii. Climate and Health: Disaster Resilienceand Response – to influence climate policy
work in the direction of disaster resilience andresponse actions based on the weight of thecollective research by GADRI and its
supporting regional Alliances on bringing thedisasters research to bare on the outcomes of
COP26 taking place in Glasgow, November
2021.

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iv. Covid-19 and the New Era of Health Disaster
Risk
Reduction
andManagement–
Responses and measures to Covid-19 –reports or national synthesis reports on Covid19 – lessons learned and research gaps; andglobal pandemics – what is next?
v.

Accessibility of information, data, reaction
to disasters, and knowledge in the absence ofa system to react and respond to the situationvi. Evaluating
obstaclesforscientist
engagement with policy makers andpractitioners- Scientists andActorsEngagement Projects – This session
introduces on-going projects with thesubstantial engagement between scientists
and actors. Scientists are expected tocontribute to improve decision of actors.
Presentations will provide lessons and hints
how scientist and actors can effectively
communicate.
vii. Exploring solutions to bridge the gaps for
implementation of science in action
Route from scientific prediction to social
implementation: how can we bridge the last
but not least gap between academia andsociety for accomplishing disaster risk
reduction –In predictions of flood or landslides in somespecific cases, outputs from scientificresearch can provide info of spatio-temporalchanges in hazard with a level of quality thatis ready for application. However, actual
implementation of these scientific outcome isstill tough in some aspects such as law,economic repercussion, and acceptability by
local residents. Discussion is needed for such
final gaps remaining on the route fromacademia to society for accomplishingdisaster risk reduction.

Pre-Conference Collection of data from Members of GADRI prior
to the 5th Global Summit

GADRI is a network coordinating research
institutes engaged in disaster risk reduction andresilience at a global level to advance the global
agenda of science community. Actions to betaken by scientists are clearly defined by the
Science and Technology Roadmap and Sendai
Framework Agenda for 2030. All members of
GADRI will be requested to voluntarily declareand report their research achievements andcontributions along the lines of the S&T
Roadmap and the progress and actions in termsof supporting the implementation of the priority
areas of the Sendai Framework Agenda.

Questionnaire -GADRI membership is reaching 200 institutes
excluding the members of the regional alliances.
If each member institute contribute their actions
towards the Roadmap, this would generatevaluable information on the areas where most of
the research is done and identify areas where
there are gaps or where no research is being
conducted.

It is proposed to prepare a questionnaire thatwould give the basis for group discussions withresearch data, gaps, where things are moving
well or not, and guide to future directions.

Collected and analysed data and outputs fromdiscussion sessions will also serve as GADRI
Conference outcome and GADRI contribution to
the Science and Technology Roadmap and the
Sendai Framework Agenda for 2030.

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The inputs are voluntary contributions as amember of GADRI•Questions are phrased to maintain bothcoherences, and easy to reply•

Target F on finance – linked to where there
are research needs for funding and how toknow about it. How to link the gap of funding
and most needed research?

•

Research collaboration activities – national
and local engagements – researchcollaborations to bridge funding gaps•

What is the important link with academics tothe society or the service offered byacademics during natural hazard or
emergency situations?

•

Various guidelines and tools already are inplace to answer these questions. How arethese tools?

E-Poster Session and Abstracts and Final Papers
E-Poster Session•

Papers should contribute to the targets of the
Science and Technology Roadmap for the
implementation of the priority areas of the
Sendai Framework Agenda; and the agenda
of COP26.

•

Papers could be reporting on researchchallenges, contributions, achievements, etc.
It is important to framework the data in termsof - whether it is global, national, or local.
These dimensions are important. Withhazards, it is important to mention whether it
is technological, natural or others aspects, is iton exposure, or vulnerability, or hazards. This
will be a good way to summarize the current
status of science and research targets.

•

All papers are along the lines of the proposed
themes of the 5th Global Summit of GADRI.

As an appendix, all contributors should ideallydeliver 1-page science for policy brief (whofor, what is the policy question, what are thefacts, what is the recommendation...).

•All contributions are relevant to policy makers
and directed towards global disaster risk
assessment – not only hazards – dimensions
to assess the risks.

Sendai Roadmap: scoring - Make it attractive
to respond properly: catalogue of R&D.

Selected papers will be published in theProceedings of the 5th Global Summit of GADRI.

•

Young scientists are encouraged to submit an
outline/abstract of the posters on the
proposed
conference
themes/group
discussion sessions.

•

The poster should be along the same
principles of the “Abstracts and Final Paper”
below.

Abstracts and Final Papers
Abstracts, key words and final paper (minimum
3,000 words) to be submitted prior to theConference by 31st March 2021.

General principles for abstract, keywords andpapers:••Benefits of participating in the GADRI Global Summit:
1. Opportunity to engage with GADRI members
in a global context as well as on a regional
basis.
2. Global orientation on DRR
contributions and achievements

policies, etc.
5. The GADRI Global Summit provide an
opportunity to showcase some examples, andbring the right people along global context andmaximise knowledge sharing on what weknow, and needs to be done.

research,

3. Especially taking advantage of the EC-JRC
research work. A lot of science policy
translations are conducted there and it is an
opportunity for GADRI to link and learn fromthe European and European local contexts.

6. The lessons learned, and topics discussed at
the GADRI Global Summit are of global value;and7. Outcome and selected papers will be
published in the Proceedings of the 5th Global
Summit via Springer Japan.

4. Vice versa, it will provide scientists around theworld to work on that area and to get better
engagement to the academic world, find any
mechanism to get the academic world
influenced more on policies, and national

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Partners: core group•

Kyoto University•

Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) Kyoto University, GADRI Secretariat•

European Commission—Joint Research Center (EC-JRC)•

Disaster and Development Network (DDN), Northumbria University•

Mid Sweden University

Conference Chairs:
Prof. Andrew Collins, Northumbria University, Prof. Hirokazu Tatano, GADRI and DPRI, Kyoto University and
Kyoto University, Prof. Jorgen Sparf, Mid-Sweden University, EC-JRC (Dr. Tom De Groeve, Dr. George
Breyannis, Dr. Elisabeth Krausmann), Prof. Paul Kovacs and Prof. Lori Peek.

The seven global targets of the Sendai Framework:i.

2016 - (a) Substantially reduce global disaster mortality by 2030, aiming to lower the
average per 100,000 global mortality rate in the decade 2020–2030 compared to the period
2005– 2015;

ii.

2017 - (b) Substantially reduce the number of affected people globally by 2030, aiming tolower the average global figure per 100,000 in the decade 2020–2030 compared to theperiod 2005–2015;

iii. 2018 - (c) Reduce direct disaster economic loss in relation to global gross domestic product(GDP) by 2030;
iv. 2019 - (d) Substantially reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption ofbasic services, among them health and educational facilities, including through developing
their resilience by 2030;v.

2020 - (e) Substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disasterrisk reduction strategies by 2020;

vi. 2021 - (f) Substantially enhance international cooperation to developing countries throughadequate and sustainable support to complement their national actions for implementationof the present Framework by 2030;
vii. 2022 - (g) Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning
systems and disaster risk information and assessments to people by 2030.

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JP time

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1st Sept
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11:30 AM
|12:30 PM

1st Sept
5:30 AM |11:30 AMIndia

1st Sept
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Europe

1st Sept
4:00 PM |6:00 PM

1st Sept
10:00 AM |4:00 PM

Europe

1st Sept
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1st Sept
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Europe

1st Sept
7:00 AM |9:00 AM

US(Pacific
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(Eastern
Daylight
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1st Sept
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1st Sept
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US(Pacific
Daylight
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31st Aug
11:00 PM |12:00 AM

31st Aug
5:00 PM |11:00 PMUS
(Pacific
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1st Sept
10:00 AM |12:00 PM

1st Sept
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1st Sept
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31st Aug
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US(Eastern
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Group 2: Chair:Group 3:Chair:

Group Discussion

Keynote Speaker 1
Group Discussion
Group 4: Chair:Group Discussion
Group 3: Chair:

Keynote Speaker 1
Group Discussion
Chair:
Group 4:

MC for Closing:[ Plenary @ Room1] Common Session for All continents (Asia and Oceania; Europe including Africa,
and the Middle East; and Americas covering North and South America)

Panel Session; Wrap-up; and the Closing Ceremony
Chair for Wrap-up:
Chair/s for Panel Session:

One hour breakCommon Session - E-Presentations

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Europe including Africa, and the Middle-East
Hosts: Dr. Jörgen Sparf supported by Prof. Andrew Collins, and Plenary for Europe, Africa and the Middle-East
Dr. Tom de GroeveGroup Discussion Sessions
Group Discussion
Chair:
Group 1:
Group 2: Chair:

Exploring solutions to bridge the gaps for implementation of science in action

One hour breakCommon Session - E-Presentations

4 group sessions with a rapporteur to represent each group at the panel Session

Group Discussion Sessions
Chair:
Group 1:

South Asia, Asia and Oceania
Plenary for South Asia,
Host: GADRI Secretariat supportAsia and Oceania ed by Prof. Mahua Mukherjee

Engaging Sciences with Action : Voices from Asia and Oceania

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