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Information Sharing on DRR

ADRC shares disaster risk reduction (DRR) information, including those on ADRC website https://www.adrc.asia/latest/, to member countries and the general public. Information shared online includes
documented experiences, lessons, tools, practices, and analyses of data that are useful for preparedness,mitigation, response, and recovery activities.

3.1

Information Collection

member-countries, partner organizations, and networks:·Disaster risk management systems (e.g., legal and institutional frameworks, disaster management plans,
and manuals)·Disaster response and recovery activities (e.g., emergency response activities in affected area/country)·Disaster events due to natural hazards (e.g., descriptions of natural disasters such as earthquakes,floods, cyclones, and so on, and the damages)

The Visiting Researchers (VRs) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs(UNOCHA) play important role in the information collection.
3.1.1

Country Reports on DRR

Member countries regularly provide an updated Country Report to ADRC, which include information about
natural hazards, disaster management systems, DRR strategy/plan, recent disasters, and progress inimplementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Table 3.1 shows the updated record forFY2022.
Table 3.1. List of reports from ADRC member countries

Country

Year prepared(Update frequency is different as it is made by VRs of the year.)

Armenia

2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021,2022

Azerbaijan

2011, 2014

Bangladesh

1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2020, 2021

Bhutan2008, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019

Cambodia

1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2013

China

1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2012India

1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2022

Indonesia

1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2016

Iran2013

Japan

1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,2020, 2021, 2022

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Basically, ADRC collects the following types of DRR information through the contributions and reports from

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Year prepared(Update frequency is different as it is made by VRs of the year.)Kazakhstan

1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006

Republic of Korea

1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008

Kyrgyz Republic

2005, 2006, 2012

Lao PDR

1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006

Malaysia

1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2018

Maldives

2013, 2014, 2015, 2018

Mongolia

1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2021, 2022

Myanmar

2002, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022

Nepal

1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2019

Pakistan2005, 2006, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022

Papua New Guinea

1998, 1999, 2005, 2006

Philippines

1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014,2016, 2017, 2018

Russia1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006

Singapore

1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006

Sri Lanka

1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016,2019

Tajikistan

1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006

Thailand

1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016,2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Türkiye

2019

Uzbekistan

1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2015

Viet Nam

1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2021, 2022

Yemen

2009, 2012, 2014

Latest Disaster Information (FY2022)

Information on the latest disaster is immediately posted on ADRC website (Figure 3.1). Every latest disaster
information contains: date of occurrence, location, impacts, and links to reports, articles, maps, relief efforts,and satellite images. ADRC is able to compile a comprehensive information of each disaster event due to its
wide range of reliable partners that provide the data. As of 28 February 2023, ADRC registered a total 2,595
disaster information items in the database.

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Section 3Figure 3.1 Latest Disaster Information on ADRC Website

The three most notable disasters in FY2022, as registered in the database, are:·Türkiye Earthquakes, 6 February 2023

Türkiye was hit by a series of debilitating earthquakes in February 2023. It caused the deaths of 50,090
people and over 3.3 million people were displaced. Most of apartments and houses across a vast territory of
110,000 km2 collapsed. Considering the disaster damages and losses, it was estimated that the total financial
burden amounting to 103.6 billion USD, which is equal to 9% of GDP forecast for 2023, is needed forrecovery (GLIDE number: EQ-2023-000015-TUR).
·Tropical Storm Nalgae (Paeng) in the Philippines, 27 October 2022

Tropical storm Nalgae (locally named Paeng) made landfall on 29 October 2022 in Catanduanes, Philippines.
About 6 million people were affected, 164 dead, 28 missing, and 270 injured. Estimated damage toinfrastructure was about 107 million USD (PHP 6 billion). TS Nalgae totally damaged 6,634 houses andpartially damaged 61,788 other houses. (GLIDE number: TC-2022-000352-PHL)·Floods in Pakistan, June–July 2022

Heavy rains impacted multiple areas for weeks since June 2022. Downpour wreaked havoc in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan, and parts of Sindh, where the local administration faced challenges indealing with the emergency. Prolonged flooding caused severe impacts, including the deaths of 1,678 people.
It also injured 12,864 and affected 33,046,329 in 84 districts. About 767,488 houses were fully destroyed
while 1,277,861 houses were partially destroyed (GLIDE number: FL-2022-000270-PAK).

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3.1.3

Natural Disaster Databook

ADRC retrieves and analyzes natural disaster data from the Emergency
Events Database (EM-DAT) to better understand the occurrence,
deaths, people affected, and economic losses of disaster events. The
Natural Disaster Databook 2021 (Figure 3.2) contains analytical
overview of disaster data that are shown in graphs with textual
explanations. For instance, in analyzing climate-related disasters(particularly flood, storm, and drought), the data shows an increasing
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trend of occurrences of storm and flood since the last 30 years from1991. Not only that, the impacts of climate-related disasters are also

becoming more destructive, accounting for the highest number ofpeople affected as well as economic losses both in the last 30 years(1991–2020) and in 2021, signifying a continuing trend (Figure 3.3).

Figure 3.2 Cover of Natural Disaster
Databook 2021

Figure 3.3 Data showing that climate-related disaster affected more people and causing greater economic losses

In 2021 alone, extreme cold waves (e.g., France in April) and heat waves (e.g., Canada in July) wererecorded in many parts of the world. In Asia in 2021, aside from heat wave, India was severely impacted byfloods and cyclones, affecting more than 18 million people. Bangladesh and Nepal were hit by floods thatimpacted millions of people. Floods affected 14 million people in China and over 1 million people in Indonesia.
Furthermore, drought has been affecting millions of people during the past 30 years, and it incurred economic
losses affecting more than 28 million people in Asia in 2021 alone.

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3.2

Information Dissemination

ADRC disseminates DRR information using a range of channels, including: a) regular issuance of ADRC
Highlights, a monthly newsletter, b) dissemination via GLIDE, and c) dissemination through Sentinel Asia andspace-based platforms.
3.2.1

ADRC Highlights

Every month, the latest issue of the newsletter is uploaded on theADRC website. Its text version is emailed to all subscribers inSection 3

three different languages immediately after publication. As of 28
February 2023, the total number of the newsletter subscribers is

3,831

with

2,668

subscribers

forEnglishlanguage,224

subscribers for Russian language, and 939 subscribers forJapanese language.

comprise the mailing list. In FY2022, thecontents of the newsletter included articles on the latest ADRC
activities (including the VR program), the Asian Conference on
Disaster Reduction 2022, reports on participation in international
conferences, and other events which ADRC staff members
attended or gave presentations.

Figure 3.4 Front page of ADRC Highlights
Vol. 36, April 2023

3.2.2

Data Sharing through GLIDE Number System

As of March 2023, over 7,700 GLIDE numbers have been issued. A GLIDE number (e.g.,EQ-2023-000015TUR) comprises the following components: disaster classification (24 types), year of occurrence, serial
number in one year, and country code. Once a disaster occurs, an operator issues a GLIDE number byinputting disaster information such as location, time, disaster type, and initial damage and then uploaded on
the GLIDE website. The number is automatically sent to its over 2,000 subscribers. GLIDE is linked with otherdisaster data management tools, including those tools at Reliefweb, Sentinel Asia, UNOSAT, ADINet, andESCAP. Moreover, GLIDE’s governance and function has been updated. In terms of governance, a steeringcommittee was established in 2021 as well as the three subcommittees: API, SOP, and New ProductDevelopment. In terms of functionality, two new manuals were drafted and crowdsourcing was introduced in2022 to allow users to report “missing disasters in the GLIDE database.”

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Section 3Figure 3.5 Homepage of GLIDE website

3.2.3

Data Sharing through Sentinel Asia

In FY2022, Sentinel Asia received 28 requests from the Joint Project Team (JPT) members and all 28
requests were activated (Figure 3.6). On behalf of its member countries, ADRC forwards the emergency

observation request to seven space agencies under Sentinel Asia: ISRO (India), JAXA (Japan), MBRSC(United Arab Emirates), STI/VAST (Vietnam), GISTDA (Thailand), NARL (Taiwan), and CRISP (Singapore).
Through the emergency observation satellite imageries, Sentinel Asia supports disaster management activity
in the Asia-Pacific region by applying space-based technology (i.e., earth observation satellites data) andWEB-GIS technology. As of January 2023, the JPT membership comprises 112 organizations from 28countries.

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Section 3Figure 3.6 Data Provider Nodes and Emergency Observations Records, 2007–2022

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