News: The Prime Minister addressed the inaugural session of the fourth edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure in New Delhi.
Theme 2022: Envisioning a People-Centered and Resilient Infrastructure Transition.
| Utility: UPSC, JPSC, BPSC Prelims & Mains Section: Environment & Ecology / Conservation Attempts / International Efforts |
About the Conference
- The International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) is the annual conference of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI).
- It brings together member countries, organizations, and institutions to strengthen the global discourse on disaster and climate-resilient infrastructure.
- In 2018 and 2019, the first and second International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure took place in New Delhi, India.
- ICDRI 2021 was hosted virtually.
- The fourth edition of ICDRI is being organized in partnership with the United States Government, from 4 to 6 May 2022 in a hybrid format.
- ICDRI 2022 will include multi-sectoral and multi-country discussions around:
- infrastructure transitions,
- risk governance and finance,
- innovation, and
- human-centric, ecologically sensitive design for building resilience.
About CDRI
- The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is a partnership of:
- national governments,
- UN agencies and programs,
- multilateral development banks and financing mechanisms,
- the private sector, and knowledge institutions
- that aims to promote the resilience of new and existing infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks in support of sustainable development.
- The Prime Minister of India launched CDRI during his speech at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019.
- CDRI promotes the rapid development of resilient infrastructure to respond to the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Members: 30 countries and 8 organizations.
- The CDRI Secretariat is based in New Delhi, India.
- The following are the main thematic areas that guide CDRI’s work:
- Governance & Policy
- Risk Identification & Estimation
- Standards and Certification
- Capacity-building
- Innovation & Emerging Technology
- Recovery & Reconstruction
- Finance
- Community-based Approaches
