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BALANCING REALITY AND
HOPE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS
THE 2ND WORLD CONFERENCE
ON DISASTER RESILIENCE
(06/08/2014 Draft)
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster
Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA
THE 1ST WORLD CONFERENCE
• WAS CONVENED SHORTLY AFTER
THE DECEMER 26, 2004 BANDE ACHE,
INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE AND
TSUNAMI DISASTER, WHICH LEFT
OVER 200,000 DEAD
THE 1ST WORLD CONFERENCE
• WAS, BY EXTENSION, A PRODUCT OF
THE INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR
NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION
(IDNDR), WHICH WAS ADOPTED
UNANOMOUSLY BY THE UNITED
NATIONS ON DECEMBER 31, 1089
THE 1ST WORLD CONFERENCE
• WAS A PRODUCT OF THE FIRST FIVE
YEARS OF LEADERSHIP OF THE
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR
DISASTER REDUCTIONDR) (ISDR)
THE 1ST WORLD CONFERENCE
• WAS CONVENED IN KOBE, JAPAN IN
JANUARY 2005, AND LED TO THE
HYOGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION
GOAL: A GLOBAL CULTURE OF DISASTER
RESILIECE IN OUR GENERATION
THE GOAL OF EVERY
COMMUNITY
• DISASTERS RESILIENCE!
• …EVEN THOUGH
NATURAL HAZARDS
(E.G., FLOODS,
SEVERE
WINDSTORMS,
EARTHQUAKES,
DROUGHTS) ARE
INEVITABLE FOR
EVERY COMMUNITY.
REALITY CHECK: ARE WE MORE OR
LESS DISASTER RESILIENT NOW?
• THE ANSWER IS “PROBABLY NOT!”
• - - - IN SPITE OF 25 YEARS OF
CUMMULATIVE HIGH-QUALITY
LEADERSHIP BY THE UNITED
NATIONS DURING THE DECADE OF
THE 1990’S UNDER THE IDNDR AND
DURING THE PAST 1 ½ DECADES
UNDER THE ISDR.
WE KNOW WHAT TO DO,
HOW TO DO IT,
WHY TO DO IT,
WHEN TO DO IT, and
WHERE TO DO IT
RISK ASSESSMENT
•HAZARD MAPS
•INVENTORY
•VULNERABILITY
•LOCATION
ACCEPTABLE RISK
RISK
UNACCEPTABLE RISK
ANTICIPATORY
DECISIONS
DATA BASES
AND INFORMATION
COMMUNITY
RISK MANAGEMENT
HAZARDS:
GROUND SHAKING
GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING
TECTONIC DEFORMATION
TSUNAMI RUN UP
AFTERSHOCKS
•EDUCATIONAL SURGES
•MITIGATION
•PREPAREDNESS
•EMERGENCY RESPONSE
•RECOVERY and
RECONSTRUCTION
PHYSICAL ELEMENTS THAT CONTINUE TO
LEAD TO DISASTERS IN EVERY NATION
HAZARDS
EXPOSURE
RISK
VULNERABILITY
LOCATION
WHERE ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED ADDITIONAL CAPACITY
CARIBBEAN
BASIN
NORTH
AMERICA
SUB-SAHARA
AFRICA
EUROPE
200 NATIONS AND 7+
MEDITERRANEAN
BILLION PEOPLE
SOUTH
AMERICA
ISLAND
NATIONS
ASIA
IT’S TIME FOR A CRITICAL
EVALUATION, SO - - TEN YEARS LATER IN 2015
THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF
NATIONS IS PLANNING A
2ND WORLD CONFERENCE
SO, IF IT IS NOT LEADERSHIP
AND NOT KNOWLEDGE,
WHAT IS KEEPING US FROM
MEETING THE GOALS OF
THE HYOGO FRAMEWORK
FOR ACTION ON A GLOBAL
SCALE?
WE HATE TO ADMIT IT, BUT
WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR WAY
OF THINKING
BEFORE
WE CAN CHANGE OUR WAY OF
ACTING
SOCIAL ELEMENTS THAT PREVENT US FROM
MEETING OUR GLOBAL GOALS
UNWISE
DECISIONS
APATHY
RISK
NARROWMINDEDNESS
IGNORANCE
THE STRATEGY
• Engage a new generation of
politicians, business leaders,
scientists, engineers, the
media, . . .others as
stakeholders in a concerted
effort to make every global
community disaster resilient.
GIVE THEM A TITLE AND THE 2015
CHALLENGE
Engage the new corps of
“Ambassadors for Global
Disaster Resilience” (i.e.,
those who are willing to commit
to the goal of building global
capacity for disaster resilience).
DISASTER RESILIENCE
REQUIRES A “24/7” EFFORT
• A 24/7 EFFORT IS
NEEDED TO BUILD
THE CAPACITY
NEEDED TO
IMPLEMENT THE
PILLARS OF
DISASTER RESILIENCE.
NEXT: CAPACITIZING AND
PARTNERNING
• Build capacity and partnerships simultaneously in the
community of politicians,
business leaders, scientists,
engineers, the media, . . .
others and work together in a
concerted global effort.
HOW TO FAIL
GUARANTEED!
NO
CAPACITY
FOR
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
HIGH
DISASTER
RISK
EDUCATION
THAT DOES
NOT BUILD
CAPACITY
FACT: NO COMMUNITY CAN BECOME DISASTER RESILIENT BY
WORKING ALONE WITHOUT GOALS OR CAPACITY
HOW TO SUCCEED
STRATEGIC GOAL: WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE
CAPACITY IN EVERY COMMUNITY
PHYSICAL
SCIENCES
POLITICAL
PROCECESES
ENGINEERING
SCIENCES
SUCCESS: INCREASING DISASTER RESILIENCE IN
EVERY COMMUNITY
WORKING
TOGETHER
FUNCTIONAL
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
ORGANIZATION
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
GOAL:
DISASTER
RESILIENCE
COMMUNITY
CAPACITY
COMMUNITY
INFORMATION
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
STAKEHOLDERS
ACADEMIA
Stratec Consulting
A RENEWED GLOBAL
SURGE OF HOPE AND
ENTHUSIASM
A HISTORIC EFFORT THAT WILL
BENEFIT EVERY NATION
2015 IS A GOOD TIME
FOR A GLOBAL SURGE IN
EDUCATIONAL, TECHNICAL AND
POLITICAL CAPACITY BUILDING
TO MAKE ALL COMMUNITIES OF
THE WORLD DISASTER RESILIENT
WE HAVE COMMON ASSETS
SO, LET’S USE THEM
SURGE VISION: INFUSION OF
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
BY 1,000,000+ NEW “AMBASSADORS
FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE” IN AN
ONGOING, CONCERTED EFFORT TO
CREATE TURNING POINTS FOR
DISASTER-RISK RESILIENCE IN
EVERY NATION
THE KEY IS BEING STRATEGIC
AND TACTICAL
•START NOW WHERE YOU LIVE!
•START WITH EXISTING PARTNERS AND ADD NEW
PARTNERS!
•START WITH YOUR HOME!
•START WITH YOUR SCHOOLS!
•START WITH YOUR COMMUNITY!
THE BIG FOUR IN THE COMMUNITY
MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
• EDUCATORS
• CITIZENS
• STAKE- HOLDERS
(PRACTITIONERS)
• POWER
STRUCTURE
(POLICY MAKERS)
FOUR STRATEGIES THAT WORK
• MAKE THE GOAL CLEAR
• MAKE THE GOAL AND ITS BENEFITS
AND BARRIERS EASY TO VISUALIZE
• MAKE THE GOAL POPULAR
• MAKE THE GOAL A MANDATE FOR
ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING A
HIGHER-POWER STRATEGY
UNDERSTAND OUR
COMMON BARRIERS
TO SUCCESS
BARRIERS TO A GLOBAL SURGE
• “MYTH”
• A GENERAL
SOLUTION
WILL WORK
FOR EVERY
COMMUNITY
• “REALITY”
• EACH COMMUNITY
NEEDS SITESPECIFIC
INFORMATION
AND
STRATEGIES
BARRIERS IN A GLOBAL SURGE
• “MYTH”
• “REALITY”
• PROFESSIONAL • EVERY DISASTER
PRACTICE
IS
A NEW
ALWAYS KEEPS
LEARNING
PACE WITH
EXPERIENCE FOR
KNOWLEDGE
EVERY
COMMUNITY
BARRIERS FACED BY CHAMPIONS
OF SUSTAINABILITY
• “MYTH”
•
• PROFESSIONAL•
EDUCATION IS A
SHORT
PROCESS
“REALITY”
PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION IS A
LONG PROCESS
THAT MUST BE
NURTURED AND
SUSTAINED
SURGE
ATTRIBUTES
SURGE
TARGETS
PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION
LEADERSHIP
CODES &
STANDARDS
INNOVATION
COMMUNITY
PLANNING
PARTNERSHIPS
FOCUS
IDENTIFY/ FIX
VULNERABILITIES
COMMUNITY
READINESS
PUBLIC
AWARENESS