India: PM Modi outlines 10-point agenda for disaster risk reduction
Source: Asia Insurance Review | Dec 2016
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has outlined a 10-point agenda for efforts towards disaster risk reduction, in an address he delivered at the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in New Delhi last month. These are:-
- All development sectors must imbibe the principles of disaster risk management.
- Work towards risk coverage for all - starting from poor households to SMEs to multi-national corporations to nation states.
- Encourage greater involvement and leadership of women in disaster risk management.
- Invest in risk mapping globally.
- Leverage technology to enhance the efficiency of disaster risk management efforts.
- Develop a network of universities to work on disaster issues as they have social responsibilities too.
- Utilise the opportunities provided by social media and mobile technologies and recognise the potential of social media and develop applications for all aspects of disaster risk management.
- Build on local capacity and initiative.
- Ensure that the opportunity to learn from a disaster must not be wasted.
- Bring about greater cohesion in international response to disasters.