Un International Day For Natural Disaster Reduction 2020. Covid 19 and the climate emergency are telling us that we need a clear vision plans and competent empowered institutions acting on scientific evidence for the public good. Un international day for natural disaster reduction.
The theme of international day for disaster risk reduction 2020 is disaster risk governance. The international day for disaster risk reduction was started in 1989 after a call by the united nations general assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk awareness and disaster reduction. The united nations un international day for natural disaster reduction is annually observed on the second wednesday of october to raise the profile of disaster risk reduction.
It was declared in the context of the international decade for disaster risk reduction an initiative of the united nations general assembly when it was decided to celebrate it as an annual event in 2002 and then officially declare it as such in 2009.
It was declared in the context of the international decade for disaster risk reduction an initiative of the united nations general assembly when it was decided to celebrate it as an annual event in 2002 and then officially declare it as such in 2009. International day for disaster risk reduction began in 1989 after a call by the united nations general assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk awareness and disaster reduction. This year will focus on target e of the sendai framework substantially increase the number of countries with national and local disaster risk. The focus of world calamity control day this year amid the pandemic is all about governance.
