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The Philippines hosted the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction, which marks the country’s implementation of the Sendai Framework.
The United Nations says it is the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda as it “provides Member States with concrete actions to protect development gains from the risk of disaster.”
But what is the Sendai Framework? How can it mitigate damage and save more lives during earthquakes, floods, and other calamities?
The United Nations University—Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) explains that the Framework’s name comes from the city of Sendai, Japan.
