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Sujit Mohanty UNISDR, Asia Pacific

Sujit Mohanty UNISDR, Asia Pacific. Asia: … more people in the region are getting exposed to hazards…. Human exposure to tropical cyclone is increasing for most sub-regions. Source: Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2012, UNISDR/UNESCAP. …increasing number of stronger tropical cyclones.

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Sujit Mohanty UNISDR, Asia Pacific

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  1. Sujit Mohanty UNISDR, Asia Pacific

  2. Asia: …more people in the region are getting exposed to hazards… Human exposure to tropical cyclone is increasing for most sub-regions Source: Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2012, UNISDR/UNESCAP

  3. …increasing number of stronger tropical cyclones Average annual number of tropical cyclone landfall in Asia Pacific by Saffir-Simpson category between 1970 and 2009 as observed. Source: GAR 2011

  4. Economic losses due to disasters increasing… Economic losses in 2011, 80% of total losses for 2000 to 2009 Source: Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2012, UNISDR/UNESCAP

  5. Who pays for disaster losses? Often in developing countries the poorest pay the most when disasters strike. Source: Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2012, UNISDR/UNESCAP

  6. Escalating losses Total economic losses (1981 – 2011) in million US$ for selected countries

  7. Risky business The different dimensions of disaster losses, impacts and effects on business

  8. Globalised riskscapes Produced capital stock in Southeast Asia and cyclone wind hazard (50 year return period)

  9. Small enterprise – huge risks Hazard-related business disruptions: of major concern and that actually had been experienced during the last five years Proportion of infrastructure damaged in extensive disasters in 56 countries and 2 Indian states, between 1970 and 2011

  10. The resilience challenge The risk financing gap in Honduras

  11. Urbanising risk Expansion of Delhi, India from 1992 to 2011

  12. Beachfront risks Probable maximum losses from a one-in-250 year cyclone wind hazardas a proportion of annual investment

  13. From managing disasters to managing risks Level of maturity in managing disaster risks in global businesses

  14. Securing investment: insurance revisited Growth in the catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities market, 1996-2012

  15. From shared risk to shared value

  16. Private sector engagement • - Key avenues and a call for action to to engage • Asia Regional processes: • Top Leaders Forum, 21 November 2013 (TBC) • Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) June 2014 • Asia regional private sector stakeholder group • Global process • World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (March 2015) • Disaster Risk Reduction Private Sector Advisory Group • Disaster Risk Reduction Private Sector Partners

  17. Hyogo Framework for Action (2005 – 2015) Hyogo Framework for Action 2(2015 -??)

  18. http://5thamcdrr-indonesia.net/yogyakarta-declaration-2012/

  19. http://6thamcdrr-thailand.net/

  20. Private sector engagement in Asia - Key avenues to engage • Disaster Risk Reduction Private Sector Advisory Group • ( More infor: http://www.unisdr.org/partners/private-sector ) • Disaster Risk Reduction Private Sector Partners • You can join the private sector partnership at : • http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/networks/public/psp/join/

  21. Time to engage and make a difference in the future global DRR agenda • Engage through one of the regional or global processes • Lead the discussion on what businesses want to see in the future DRR strategy • Influence the future of DRR through HFA2

  22. Thank you • Please contact UNISDR Asia Pacific office to get involved: • Brigitte Leoni: leonib@un.org • Natalie Tostovrsnik: tostovrsnik@un.org • Sujit Mohanty: mohanty@un.org

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