DECADE ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DDEVELOPMENT AND DISASTER REDUCTION

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DECADE ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DDEVELOPMENT
AND DISASTER REDUCTION

• WALTER HAYS
• GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR DISASTER REDUCTION
• UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE

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GADR IS A GLOBAL RESOURCE FOR INCREASING
TECHNICAL AND POLITICAL CAPACITY IN THE WAR
AGAINST IGNORANCE, APATHY, NARROW MINDNESS, AND
UNWISE DECISIONS THAT MAKE COMMUNITIES MORE
VULNERABLE TO NATURAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS
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www.gadr.giees.uncc.edu
A GLOBAL RESOURCE
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR DISASTER REDUCTION (GADR))
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
HILARY INYANG
Sustainable Built Environment
WALTER HAYS Education
Technical Assistance
TOPICAL BLUEPRINTS
PACIFIC REGIONAL ALLIANCE

REGIONAL BLUEPRINTS
SUBSAHARA AFRICA REGIONAL ALLIANCE

- Strategic Interactions -
LATIN AMERICA CARIBBEAN REGIONAL ALLIANCE

CAPACITY BUILDING
EUROPE REGIONAL ALLIANCE
TOOLBOX
MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL ALLIANCE

MEETINGS
ASIA REGIONAL ALLIANCE

BLUEPRINTS FOR CHANGE
NORTH AMERICA REGIONAL ALLIANCE

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OBJECTIVES
GADRS ACTIVITIES
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ROAD TO KOBI AND BEYOND PLAN OF ACTION
LEADERSHIP
SUSTAINED ACTIONS
MISSION
RESOURCES
PARTNERS
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GLOBAL BLUEPRINTS -
Perspectives On Science, Policy, And Change
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GOAL REDUCTION IN GLOBAL VULNERABILITIES
FLOODS
FEWER VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
SEVERE WIND STORMS
EARTHQUAKES
INCREASED TECHNICAL AND POLITICL CAPACITY OF
COMMUNITY TO COPE
DROUGHTS
INCREASED OWNERSHIP AND USE OF KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERIENCE
LANDSLIDES
WILDFIRES
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
TERRORISM
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REGIONAL NEEDS (Blueprint Themes)
A.4
B.2
A.4
C.8
B.5
B.3
B.4
B.1
A.6
B.7
B.8
B.5
C.9
A.4
A.4
C.4
B.8
A.4
B.5
B.8
A.4
B.8
A.4
C.4
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C
PACIFIC
ASIA
A.4
B.1
NORTH AMERICA
A.1
A.2
C.1
B.1
C.1
B.8
A.1
B.10
B.1
C.8
D.3
SUBSAHARA AFRICA
D.2
EUROPE
C.9
LATIN AMERICA
CARRIBEAN
B.5
A.1
B.10
C.1
C.8
MEDITER--RANEAN
A.6
B.4
A.1
C.1
GLOBAL
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Global Resource For Building Sustainable
Communities
Blueprints For Change Science and Experience
Based Solutions For Reducing Vulnerability
THEME A. Living With Potential Disaster Agents
THEME B. Building To Withstand Disaster Agents
THEME C. Learning From Disasters
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Global Resource For Building Sustainable
Communities
Blueprints For Change Science and Experience
Based Solutions For Reducing Vulnerability
THEME D. Implementation
THEME E. Education
THEME F Technology
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COMMUNITY LEADERS WITH BOOTS ON THE GROUND WHO
CAN CALL FOR CHANGE

• EDUCATORS
• CITIZENS

• STAKE- HOLDERS
• POLICY MAKERS