Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA

1. BALANCING REALITY AND HOPE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE 2ND WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RESILIENCE (06/08/2014 Draft) Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 

2. THE 1ST WORLD CONFERENCE • WAS CONVENED SHORTLY AFTER THE DECEMER 26, 2004 BANDE ACHE, INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DISASTER, WHICH LEFT OVER 200,000 DEAD

3. THE 1ST WORLD CONFERENCE • WAS, BY EXTENSION, A PRODUCT OF THE INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION (IDNDR), WHICH WAS ADOPTED UNANOMOUSLY BY THE UNITED NATIONS ON DECEMBER 31, 1089

4. THE 1ST WORLD CONFERENCE • WAS A PRODUCT OF THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF LEADERSHIP OF THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTIONDR) (ISDR)

5. THE 1ST WORLD CONFERENCE • WAS CONVENED IN KOBE, JAPAN IN JANUARY 2005, AND LED TO THE HYOGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION

6. GOAL: A GLOBAL CULTURE OF DISASTER RESILIECE IN OUR GENERATION

7. THE GOAL OF EVERY COMMUNITY • DISASTERS RESIL-IENCE! • …EVEN THOUGH NATURAL HAZARDS (E.G., FLOODS, SEVERE WINDSTORMS, EARTHQUAKES, DROUGHTS) ARE INEVITABLE FOR EVERY COMMUNITY.

8. REALITY CHECK: ARE WE MORE OR LESS DISASTER RESILIENT NOW? • THE ANSWER IS “PROBABLY NOT!” • - - - IN SPITE OF 25 YEARS OF CUMMULATIVE HIGH-QUALITY LEADERSHIP BY THE UNITED NATIONS DURING THE DECADE OF THE 1990’S UNDER THE IDNDR AND DURING THE PAST 1 ½ DECADES UNDER THE ISDR.

9. WE KNOW WHAT TO DO, HOW TO DO IT, WHY TO DO IT, WHEN TO DO IT, and WHERE TO DO IT

10. HAZARD MAPS • INVENTORY • VULNERABILITY • LOCATION • EDUCATIONAL SURGES • MITIGATION • PREPAREDNESS • EMERGENCY RESPONSE • RECOVERY and • RECONSTRUCTION RISK ASSESSMENT RISK MANAGEMENT ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK ANTICIPATORY DECISIONS DATA BASES AND INFORMATION COMMUNITY HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

11. HAZARDS EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY LOCATION PHYSICAL ELEMENTS THAT CONTINUE TO LEAD TO DISASTERS IN EVERY NATION RISK

12. WHERE ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED ADDITIONAL CAPACITY SUB-SAHARA AFRICA CARIBBEAN BASIN EUROPE 200 NATIONS AND 7+ BILLION PEOPLE NORTH AMERICA MEDITER- RANEAN SOUTH AMERICA ISLAND NATIONS ASIA

13. IT’S TIME FOR A CRITICAL EVALUATION, SO - - -TEN YEARS LATER IN 2015 THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF NATIONS IS PLANNING A 2ND WORLD CONFERENCE

14. SO, IF IT IS NOT LEADERSHIP AND NOT KNOWLEDGE, WHAT IS KEEPING US FROM MEETING THE GOALS OF THE HYOGO FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION ON A GLOBAL SCALE?

15. WE HATE TO ADMIT IT, BUTWE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR WAY OF THINKING BEFORE WE CAN CHANGE OUR WAY OF ACTING

16. APATHY UNWISE DECISIONS NARROW-MINDEDNESS IGNORANCE SOCIAL ELEMENTS THAT PREVENT US FROM MEETING OUR GLOBAL GOALS RISK

17. THE STRATEGY • Engage a new generation of politicians, business leaders, scientists, engineers, the media, . . .others as stakeholders in a concerted effort to make every global community disaster resilient.

18. GIVE THEM A TITLE AND THE 2015 CHALLENGE Engage the new corps of “Ambassadors for Global Disaster Resilience” (i.e., those who are willing to commit to the goal of building global capacity for disaster resilience).

19. DISASTER RESILIENCE REQUIRES A “24/7” EFFORT • A 24/7 EFFORT IS NEEDED TO BUILD THE CAPACITY NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE PILLARS OF DISASTER RES-ILIENCE.

20. NEXT: CAPACITIZING AND PARTNERNING • Build capacity and partner-ships simultaneously in the community of politicians, business leaders, scientists, engineers, the media, . . . others and work together in a concerted global effort.

21. NO CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE HIGH DISASTER RISK EDUCATION THAT DOES NOT BUILD CAPACITY HOW TO FAIL GUARANTEED! FACT: NO COMMUNITY CAN BECOME DISASTER RESILIENT BY WORKING ALONE WITHOUT GOALS OR CAPACITY

22. PHYSICAL SCIENCES POLITICAL PROCECESES ENGINEERING SCIENCES HOW TO SUCCEED STRATEGIC GOAL: WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE CAPACITY IN EVERY COMMUNITY SUCCESS: INCREASING DISASTER RESILIENCE IN EVERY COMMUNITY

23. WORKING TOGETHER GOAL: DISASTER RESILIENCE FUNCTIONAL NETWORKING CHANNELS INFORMATION NETWORKING CHANNELS COMMUNITY CAPACITY ORGANIZATION NETWORKING CHANNELS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ACADEMIA Stratec Consulting

24. A RENEWED GLOBAL SURGE OF HOPE AND ENTHUSIASM A HISTORIC EFFORT THAT WILL BENEFIT EVERY NATION

25. 2015 IS A GOOD TIME FOR A GLOBAL SURGE IN EDUCATIONAL, TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL CAPACITY BUILDING TO MAKE ALL COMMUNITIES OF THE WORLD DISASTERRESILIENT

26. WE HAVE COMMON ASSETSSO, LET’S USE THEM

27. SURGE VISION: INFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE BY 1,000,000+ NEW “AMBASSADORS FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE” IN AN ONGOING, CONCERTED EFFORT TO CREATE TURNING POINTS FOR DISASTER-RISK RESILIENCE IN EVERY NATION

28. THE KEY IS BEING STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL START NOW WHERE YOU LIVE! START WITH EXISTING PARTNERS AND ADD NEW PARTNERS! START WITH YOUR HOME! START WITH YOUR SCHOOLS! START WITH YOUR COMMUNITY!

29. EDUCATORS CITIZENS STAKE- HOLDERS (PRACTI- TIONERS) POWER STRUCTURE (POLICY MAKERS) THE BIG FOUR IN THE COMMUNITY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE

30. FOUR STRATEGIES THAT WORK • MAKE THE GOAL CLEAR • MAKE THE GOAL AND ITS BENEFITS AND BARRIERS EASY TO VISUALIZE • MAKE THE GOAL POPULAR • MAKE THE GOAL A MANDATE FOR ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING A HIGHER-POWER STRATEGY

31. UNDERSTAND OUR COMMON BARRIERS TO SUCCESS

32. “MYTH” A GENERAL SOLUTION WILL WORK FOR EVERY COMMUNITY “REALITY” EACH COM-MUNITY NEEDS SITE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND STRATEGIES BARRIERS TO A GLOBAL SURGE

33. “MYTH” PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ALWAYS KEEPS PACE WITH KNOWLEDGE “REALITY” EVERY DISASTER IS A NEW LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERY COMMUNITY BARRIERS IN A GLOBAL SURGE

34. “MYTH” PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IS A SHORT PROCESS “REALITY” PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IS A LONG PROCESS THAT MUST BE NURTURED AND SUSTAINED BARRIERS FACED BY CHAMPIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY

35. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION LEADERSHIP CODES & STANDARDS INNOVATION COMMUNITY PLANNING PARTNERSHIPS IDENTIFY/ FIX VULNERABILITIES FOCUS COMMUNITY READINESS PUBLIC AWARENESS SURGE TARGETS SURGE ATTRIBUTES