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The Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction This Guide draws on two global Agendas that can help museums with their Disaster Risk Reduction efforts:
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Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, the most ambitious global programme ever, which aims to set the world on a path to a sustainable future by 2030. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
These two separate (but complementary) Agendas were agreed by the member countries of the United Nations in 2015. Both Agendas will run till 2030, as guiding frameworks for international – and national – activity for sustainable development. Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals are explored in the accompanying Guide ‘Museums and the Sustainable Development Goals’.
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction has the following goal: “The substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries.” To achieve this goal, the Sendai Framework has four priorities for action: 1. Understanding disaster risk 2. Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk 3. Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience 4. Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction. The Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction are complementary, as addressing disasters and their impact is an important part of sustainable development. Implementing the Sendai Framework helps implement the Sustainable Development Goals, and vice versa.
