Naturally, the planet Earth has been facing natural disasters since its existence. The globe critically emerged amid unbelievably severe climates and catastrophes before the appearance of humans and living beings according to the world’s histories.
As such, the early men defied natural disasters as much as they can. Whenever the disasters were severe, they lost their lives. Gradually, they had techniques on how to overcome the challenges of natural disasters. They became to know how to ease the impacts of natural disasters.
However, measures on risk reduction of disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, the outbreak of fire/forest fire, drought, landslides, flood, cyclone/storm surge and industrial/technological hazards are challenges for global peoples until today. Whatever it may be, all the global peoples are responsible to seek ways and means for easing the disaster risks so that they can be free from the impacts and challenges of disasters. Hence, global countries are trying to overcome such challenges in their own ways.
Legislative and institutional arrangements for Disaster Risk Management are evolving in
Myanmar. In 2013, the country enacted the Disaster Management Law in line with the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015) and to comply with the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response. The Disaster Management Rules were prescribed in 2015. The Law was developed to focus on risk information, preparedness, awareness and early warning, and data management for early warning systems.
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made towards preventing and reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods, economies and basic infrastructures in line with the international agreements for reducing global disaster risks and losses.
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made towards preventing and reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods, economies and basic infrastructures in line with the international agreements for reducing global disaster risks and losses.
In 2022, the International Day will focus on Target G of the Sendai Framework: “Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to people by 2030.” The urgency to achieve this target was strengthened in March 2022 by the announcement made by the UN Secretary-General that the United Nations will spearhead new action to ensure every person on Earth is protected by early warning systems within five years.
The primary goal of the Sendai Framework is to avoid creating new and reduce existing risks. But when that is not possible, people-centred early warning systems and preparedness can enable early action to minimize the harm to people, assets and livelihoods. Natural disasters never disappear but human will try their best to reduce the impacts of disasters.
