Module 7: Connect DRR and Sustainable Development
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Activity 1 - Answers and Feedback
Actions to reduce disaster risk can drive forward and protect development progress and are therefore explicitly embedded within 10 of the 17 SDGs.
Goals on poverty (1), hunger (2), health (3), education (4), water and sanitation (6), infrastructure (9), cities (11), climate change (13), oceans (14), and terrestrial ecosystems (15) all refer to risk reduction, building resilience, early warning, or adaptation (UNDRR, 2015).
While not explicitly referencing disaster risk reduction, other goals contribute to societal changes required to reduce risk. For example, actions to reduce inequalities (10) and gender inequality (5) both reduce vulnerability to natural hazards.
Complete the Optional Reading below or click Next Page to continue this module.
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Optional Reading: The following analysis by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction expands on the discussion above.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. (2015). Disaster risk reduction and resilience in the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
Goals on poverty (1), hunger (2), health (3), education (4), water and sanitation (6), infrastructure (9), cities (11), climate change (13), oceans (14), and terrestrial ecosystems (15) all refer to risk reduction, building resilience, early warning, or adaptation (UNDRR, 2015).
While not explicitly referencing disaster risk reduction, other goals contribute to societal changes required to reduce risk. For example, actions to reduce inequalities (10) and gender inequality (5) both reduce vulnerability to natural hazards.
Complete the Optional Reading below or click Next Page to continue this module.
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Optional Reading: The following analysis by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction expands on the discussion above.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. (2015). Disaster risk reduction and resilience in the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
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