Strengthening Disaster Readiness Moving from capacity to capability Peter Scott-Bowden Senior Emergency Advisor Operations Department of Emergencies World Food Programme 17 November 2018

BACKGROUND 21st Century Disasters Frequency and magnitude of disasters have increased substantially, affecting over 225 million people every year. Combination of drivers: Climate Change, financial & social instability, demographic growth, urbanization; Trans-boundary threats (pandemics, nuclear incidents); Earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes; Globalization and fast spread of social networks add momentum. Disasters disproportionately affect developing countries.

EFFECTS OF DISASTERS All disasters have cascading effects 3rd Order 1st Order 2nd Order 3rd Order Disruption of Critical Services e.g. food, transport network, energy (amongst others) Overload of services Absenteeism Stress on Security and Govt Impact of event: Destruction Death, injuries Emergence of Fear

LARGE SCALE DISASTERS Disasters response characteristics Large scale disasters (LSDs) must be planned not just at the national and provincial and local levels BUT also for large urban contexts LSDs demand a multi-sectoral response: different ministries different specialised agencies and programmes dependent upon both common ops platforms such as national disaster management centres providing leadership and a clear and well functioning supply chain system LSDs can affect regions + countries , but there is growing recognition that “whole of society” planning is required in disaster management Confidence and trust enhancement between different actors including the military and civil authorities, private and public sectors amongst others Will stress supply chain systems and access to critical services Will stress leadership at all levels

Protection of minorities elderly, people with disabilities WHOLE OF SOCIETY APPROACH Key components Gender Rights-based management Protection of minorities Accountability elderly, people with disabilities Health Defense (a) Whole-of-society approach READINESS RECOVERY RESPONSE (b) Planning at all levels Water Local Gvt District National (c) Critical interdependencies (d) Severity-based response Governments Law & Order (e) Respect for ethical norms Local Community National Regional bodies Int’ NGOs Int’l Org. Food Civil Society Int’l community SMEs Grassroot Large Finance Businesses Energy Transport Telecom

To download the book, visit: TOWARDS A SAFER WORLD Practical approaches to advance disaster preparedness bio-security and animal health community level preparedness civil-military coordination travel and tourism health communications logistics humanitarian assistance private sector preparedness whole of government planning multi-sector preparedness in Asia 11 Themes 7 key tenets Whole of Society Multi-hazard Political Support Integration Risk Communications Centralized Planning / Decentralized Execution Sharing of Lessons Learned To download the book, visit: http://www.towardsasaferworld.org

Strengthening Disaster Readiness Moving from capacity to capability Peter Scott-Bowden Senior Emergency Advisor Operations Department of Emergencies World Food Programme 17 November 2018