FEEM Re3: “Targeting the Global Efforts to Reduce Disaster Risk”

From March 14 to 18, 2015, representatives of 187 state governments and around 6,500 delegates from inter- and non-government organizations, UN entities, academic and private sector institutions gathered together at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) held in Sendai, Japan. Goal of the conference was to debate a new international agreement on disaster risk reduction (DRR), one that would replace the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015. FEEM senior researcher, Jaroslav Mysiak, summarizes and comments the outcome of the meeting.

Review of Environment, Energy and Economics – Re3