Measuring political will: An index of commitment to disaster risk reduction
Measuring political will: An index of commitment to disaster risk reduction
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衡量政治意愿：减少灾害风险承诺指数
DOI：
10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.11.006
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Rohan Fisher
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作者：
Jonatan A. Lassa;A. Surjan;Mely Caballero;Rohan Fisher
社会复原力的未来在很大程度上取决于分配资源以管理和减少灾害风险和脆弱性以及建设复原力的政治承诺。缺乏政治承诺往往被认为是阻碍各国在短期和长期内优先采取行动减轻危害和减少风险的罪魁祸首之一。承认现有的全球灾害风险评估，如《世界风险报告》、《气候风险指数》和《减少灾害风险全球评估报告》等，我们主张制定一个新的指数，目的是引发重要讨论，推动全世界减少灾害风险的政治承诺。在实现可持续发展目标的2030年全球目标和仙台减少灾害风险框架的支持下，各国政府应共同努力，大幅降低全球灾害死亡率，减轻经济资产和基础设施的损失和破坏。考虑到这一点，本文提出了一个指数，旨在衡量各国对减少灾害和气候变化风险的承诺。各国的承诺可能各不相同，可能包括：对预警系统的投资;减少灾害脆弱性活动，如为减灾、提高认识、促进和激励利益攸关方参与管理风险而进行的财政拨款。本文件有助于对如何评估和监测政治意愿有新的认识和理解。它有助于地方和全球辩论，通过培养建设复原力和减少脆弱性的政治意愿来加强体制机制。
The future of societal resilience depends largely on political commitment to allocate resources to manage and reduce disaster risks and vulnerabilities and build resilience. Lack of political commitment has often been cited as one of the culprits inhibiting countries to prioritise actions towards mitigating hazards and reducing risks in short and long term. While acknowledging existing global disaster risk assessments such as World Risk Report, Climate Risk Index, and Global Assessment Report on DRR, etc., we advocate for a new index with the intention to trigger critical discussion that drive political commitment for disaster risk reduction worldwide. Under the aegis of 2030 global targets of meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, governments should work collaboratively to substantially reduce global disaster mortality and mitigate loss and damage of economic assets and infrastructures. With this in mind, this paper proposes an index aimed at measuring countries’ commitment to reduce risks from disasters and changing climate. Commitments from nations can vary and may include: investment in early warning systems; disaster vulnerability reduction activities such as fiscal allocation for mitigation, raising awareness, promotion and incentives for stakeholders to participate in managing risks. This paper contributes to new knowledge and understanding on how political will can be assessed and monitored. It contributes to both local and global debates to strengthen institutional mechanism by way of fostering political will for building resilience and reducing vulnerabilities.