Agenda

By drawing on collective experience, this all-female panel will discuss challenges and best practices of operationalizing DRR and explore opportunities to strengthen equity in the future disaster health workforce.

Heatwaves, now more severe due to climate change, require urgent action. The event will advocate a multi-pronged strategy for resilience and protection of vulnerable groups involving policymakers, health services, urban planners, donors and civil society.

The event aims to enhance awareness of inclusive transboundary water governance through gender, youth leadership, and rights-based approaches. Objectives include addressing transboundary issues, access to finance, and promoting multilateral dialogue.

The session aims to identify solutions that address challenges related to the governance and financing issues for resilient infrastructure in the region and provides examples of good practices for future-proofing infrastructure.

Discover how Asia-Pacific businesses drive inclusive disaster risk management through dynamic public-private partnerships. This session spotlights innovative solutions and exemplary practices from leading local private sector champions.

The Intergovernmental Alliance on Anticipatory Action will bring together intergovernmental regional bodies from around the world to jointly shape the anticipatory action agenda for their respective national governments and regions.

This session aims to share case studies of adopting the all-hazards approach, mainly focusing on the role of science, technology, and innovation (STI) in implementing it, facilitate interactive dialogue among researchers, government and DRR stakeholders.

Since its launch in 2015, the CREWS initiative has been in the frontline in addressing the gap in early warning systems in LDCs and SIDS.

Indigenous Peoples and local communities are a formidable force in resilience-building. This roundtable will showcase their leadership in transformational, regenerative, and sustainable solutions, inspiring us with their values and knowledge systems.

Local actors and humanitarian aid partners will actively learn from success stories of localization in action and discuss strategies to enhance support for equitable partnership and realize commitments to the Grand Bargain.

The session highlights the impact of climate change in Asia-Pacific, which is only expected to grow with increasing intensity and complexity.

The Asia-Pacific Resilient Recovery Dialogue aims to strengthen readiness for resilient recovery in the Asia-Pacific region and develop pathways to put the Build Back Better agenda and the Sendai Framework back on track.

Building on the four previous World Tsunami Museum Conferences, the Fifth World Tsunami Museum Conference (WTMC5) will be held within APMCDRR with the focus on “Empowering the Next Generation - Roles of Disaster Museums for a Resilient Future”.

The urgency for inclusive and data-driven disaster risk reduction (DRR) has never been more pressing amid escalating disaster risks exacerbated by climate change.

This session will discuss how disaster risk financing instruments can reduce government costs through risk transfer and will present examples of how such micro, meso and macro-level instruments can enhance community resilience in the Pacific region.

This special event aims at reflecting on the advancements and way forward of the roll-out of the EW4All initiative in Asia-Pacific with governments and intergovernmental organizations.

The Government of Fiji through its National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), in partnership with PIFS and SPC, will host a Pacific Minister Talanoa during the APMCDR.

This session highlights collective and collaborative efforts of national and local governments, civil society and alliances, disabled people’s organizations and local actors in strengthening and mainstreaming effective and inclusive DRR in Asia-Pacific.

The panel discussion will explore the integration of living heritage into disaster risk reduction strategies, and discuss how this can help communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies making them more resilient.

Join us to celebrate the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 2024 and the opening of the “Are you Ready?” art exhibition on disaster risk reduction.

Dive into 20 years of transformative investment to explore how regional cooperation can amplify early warning benefits. Unveil compelling insights into investments in transboundary solutions to enhance disaster resilience across Asia-Pacific.

A dialogue on charting the way forward for the resilient power sector in the Asia Pacific by leveraging insights from CDRI’s Power Infrastructure Programme to enable environment for policy interventions.

Preparing the United Nation conference on the Oceans 3 (UNOC3) June 2025, in France.

The event APLL4DR recognises and connects local champions across Asia-Pacific, celebrating their efforts to enhance disaster resilience. It inspires and empowers leaders in communities facing significant risks, driving localisation & innovative solutions.