International Day for Disaster Reduction 2018

All around the world on 13 October each year the International Day for Disaster Reduction highlights how at risk communities are reducing their exposure to disasters. 

Themes for this day change each year and are based on the Sendai Seven Campaign – 7 Targets, 7 Years. Following the tradition of recent years, the CRC hosted an Australian event in Adelaide. A diverse panel came together to explore Target C of the Sendai Framework: Reduce direct disaster economic loss in relation to global gross domestic product by 2030. 

Panellists:

• Malcolm Jackman
  South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission 
• Jillian Edwards
  National Resilience Taskforce, Department of Home Affairs 
• Prof Alan March
  University of Melbourne and Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC Project Leader 
• Frank Crisci
  SA Power Networks
• Peta O’Donohue
  Country Fire Service, South Australia

Panellists explored the real cost of disasters, how their work is helping build disaster resilient communities, and looked to the future at what still needs to be done to reduce disaster risk. 

The forum was run in partnership with the South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission and the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience, with support from the Department of Home Affairs and SA Water.

Highlights

Full session

Last year, the CRC hosted an event in Sydney. See the report and video of the day.

More on the International Day for Disaster Reduction is on the website of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.