Making Cities Resilient: "My city is getting ready" - Campaigns - UNISDR.org. Hyogo Framework for Action. World Conference for Disaster Reduction The 10-year Hyogo Framework for Action came out of the World Conference held in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005.
The Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA) is the first plan to explain, describe and detail the work that is required from all different sectors and actors to reduce disaster losses. It was developed and agreed on with the many partners needed to reduce disaster risk - governments, international agencies, disaster experts and many others - bringing them into a common system of coordination. The HFA outlines five priorities for action, and offers guiding principles and practical means for achieving disaster resilience. Its goal is to substantially reduce disaster losses by 2015 by building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters. This means reducing loss of lives and social, economic, and environmental assets when hazards strike. Enhancing urban resilience against disasters can spur development – UN official.
12 juillet 2010 – Dozens of cities have signed on to a United Nations initiative to boost their resilience against natural hazards, which, according to a senior official with the world body, can accelerate progress towards achieving development targets.
So far, 58 cities have joined the campaign, entitled Making Cities Resilient: My City is Getting Ready, which was launched in May and calls on leaders and local governments to commit to a 10-point checklist. Margareta Wahlström, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, told reporters in New York today that the scheme is “extremely important” in the context of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the eight anti-poverty targets with a 2015 deadline.