Towards
AMCDRR 2018: Ulaanbaatar
Southasiadisasters.net
issue no. 171, June 2018:
AIDMI's publication of
Southasiadisasters.net on ‘Towards AMCDRR 2018: Ulaanbaatar’ released at
AMCDRR 2018, session on Making Schools Safer in Asia, July 5, 2018,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
This issue focuses on the AMCDRR 2018 was
held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This issue spells out the different items that
should be on the risk reduction agenda of Asian countries vis-à-vis the
implementation of the Sendai Framework and the Asia Regional Plan. Since the
AMCDRR also serves as a platform for regional cooperation among different Asian
nations and stakeholders to collaborate on long-term risk reduction solutions,
its leaders should primarily focus on addressing the underlying causes of much
of the region's vulnerability.
Risk reduction themes as diverse as
climate-smart DRR, urban flood mitigation, air pollution, universal flood
protection, etc. have been discussed in detail in this issue. Addressing these
themes at AMCDRR 2018 can help in achieving long-term positive DRR outcomes in
Asia.
This issue's contents includes: (i) First Three Steps for
India to be Weather Ready and Climate Smart: A View; (ii) The Second Avatãrana
of Ganga: Air, Water and Block Chain; (iii) Researching Floods in Mumbai: A
Journey; (iv) Development of India's First Forestry Nationally Appropriate
Mitigation Action (NAMA) Concept and Lessons Learnt; (v) Kill Pollution, Save
Lives; (vi) Flood Insurance in the Climate Change Era: Can Science and
Technology help Women get a Better Deal?; (vii) Disasters and Decision Making; and (viii) Reconstruction as Transformation.
Some of the best thinkers, researchers, experts, and
activists, including Mihir R. Bhatt with AIDMI Team; Prof. Ajit Tyagi, President,
Indian Meteorological Society, New Delhi; Dr. Seema Sharma, Assistant
Professor, University of Delhi and Mr. Arnab Bose, O.P. Jindal Global
University; both are members of Resilience Centre Global Network, NCR of Delhi;
Johanna Roll, Bachelors Student, University of Wuerzburg, Political and Social
Studies and Geography, Germany; Ashish Chaturvedi, Director, and Kundan Burnwal,
Technical Advisor, GIZ India, New Delhi; Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, CEO, LEAD
Pakistan, Islamabad; Dr. Anand Bijeta, National Consultant, Index–based Flood
Insurance (IBFI), New Delhi; and Maggie Stephenson, Reconstruction Consultant,
Ireland.
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