Implementing the Sendai Framework in Africa: Progress Against the Targets (2015\u20132018)

Dewald Van Niekerk,Livhuwani Nemakonde,Christo Coetzee

doi:10.1007/s13753-020-00266-x

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Abstract

Five years after almost all African states signed the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR), disasters still have a significant impact on the populations of Africa, their livelihoods, and the infrastructure on which they depend. In contrast with the period of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015, African countries not only adopted the SFDRR but also internalized the various priorities by developing an additional five targets applicable to the continent. This article takes a look at the progress made in Africa against the SFDRR and its seven targets thus far. To determine the progress, a mixed methods research approach was followed. The research found that African states are making progress, but decisive action is needed to reach the 2030 targets of the SFDRR. Much better data and information management are needed, and the limitations towards reaching the SFDRR targets must translate into community-based actions geared towards resilience building.

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In 2015, 187 member states of the United Nations pledged their support for taking the disaster risk reduction (DRR) agenda beyond the Hyogo Framework for Action2005–2015 (HFA) (UNISDR 2005)
This translated into adopting the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR) (UNISDR 2015) that aims to build on the successes of the Hyogo Framework for Action2005–2015 (HFA), with a particular emphasis on resilience (Manyena 2016)
The African countries, under the leadership of the Africa Union (AU), identified five additional targets that are needed for African states to realize the ideals of the SFDRR

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In 2015, 187 member states of the United Nations pledged their support for taking the disaster risk reduction (DRR) agenda beyond the Hyogo Framework for Action2005–2015 (HFA) (UNISDR 2005). This translated into adopting the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR) (UNISDR 2015) that aims to build on the successes of the HFA, with a particular emphasis on resilience (Manyena 2016) In this post-2015 era two other significant international agreements were reached: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (United Nations 2015b) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (United Nations 2015a). The African countries, under the leadership of the Africa Union (AU), identified five additional targets that are needed for African states to realize the ideals of the SFDRR To this end, the Programme of Action for the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 in Africa (PoA) was adopted (AUC 2016). Organizations, and policy and legislative frameworks for DRR put

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