GEO-6 Regional Assessment for Asia and the Pacific


in the region will be a substantial driver towards addressing environmental challenges. Diverse and plentiful existing natural and human environments may hamper harmonized cooperation within some countries, so new or revised environmental programmes to establish collective efforts and meet the SDGs will be needed to improve environmental quality in the region (UNEP 2015).


3.3.2 Providing a platform for developing and sharing sound scientific knowledge and analysis


Better scientific base for identifying multi-risk hazards


Multi-risk hazards that affect people’s well-being are getting more complex to manage. Limited national progress reports under the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015 addressed multi-risks hazards, but insufficiently for the local level. As the impacts of disasters are mostly felt locally, there must be a stronger focus on how to better understand and address mainstreaming at the neighbourhood level. Local disaster offices, collaborating with the national disaster office, continuously need to capture local conditions and develop their own plan, taking complex local situations into account. National offices also need to capture this information more accurately for lessons learned and best practice, and share it with all stakeholders and other countries. Coordination and partnerships between stakeholders – governmental and non- governmental, including UN agencies, NGOs, donors and the private sector – also need to be strengthened to avoid gaps, duplication and ad hoc decision-making to maximize the impact of mainstreaming. The Hyogo Framework for Action substantially incorporated considerations related to the potential impacts of multiple hazards, including natural and human-induced disasters and industrial accidents and conflicts, in mainstreaming climate change agreements on adaptation, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development. In the post-2015 agenda, implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015– 2030 and the SDGs with a holistic approach encompassing


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both natural and human-induced disasters would provide countries with a more effective way to address the risks faced by communities and build resilience to withstand and recover from shocks.


Incorporated or total management of risk management policy tools


Natural disasters often transcend national borders and overwhelm the capacities of individual countries to manage them. Most countries in the region have limited financial resources and physical resilience (UNISDR 2014). Furthermore, the level of preparedness and prevention varies from country to country and regional cooperation does not exist to the extent necessary. Because of this high vulnerability and the relatively small size of many Asia and the Pacific countries, particularly in Southeast Asia, it would be more efficient and economically prudent for countries to cooperate in the areas of civil protection and disaster preparedness and prevention. With the aim of reducing the sub-region’s vulnerability to disasters, the World Bank and United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, through the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction and in collaboration with other international partners, have started support for implementing the ASEAN Agreement for Disaster Management Emergency Response (AADMER) to promote sustainable development in the ASEAN region. The AADMER is a regional legally binding agreement that binds ASEAN Member States together to promote regional cooperation and collaboration in reducing disaster losses and intensifying joint emergency response.


3.3.3 Ensuring governance coherence across different levels of government


Promote and support cross-sectoral and integrated land-use management


As pressures on deforestation been increased in the last decade, the region needs to improve cross-sectoral and integrated land-use management at all levels. Few countries


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