A study published on Voluntary Commitments by Landslide Stakeholders

Source(s): United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
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(c) Matsuoka, Y. & Gonzales, E. (2020). Sendai voluntary commitments: landslide stakeholders and the all-of-society approach enhanced by UNDRR. Landslides, 17(10), 2253-2269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-020-01519-y

Because systems are complex, resilience requires an all-of-society engagement. Published in the journal Landslides and using data from UNDRR’s Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (VC) platform, the study found that more than 60% of all published VCs selected “landslides” within the scope of hazards covered in their activities. It is estimated that between 2004 and 2016, more than 55,000 people lost their lives in 4,862 distinct landslide events.

Additional results indicate that landslide VCs display relatively more cooperation (higher number of implementers and other partners) and longer duration (7.6 years on average). For example, the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) published a flagship VC: “Sendai Landslide Partnerships 2015-2025” aimed at reducing landslide disaster risk by promoting research, practical tools, and capacity building. Other landslide VCs are focused on disaster risk management (DRM) and community-based DRR as well.

The study concludes by underlining that a better understanding of individual hazards is useful. However, landslide VCs demonstrate that hazard-by-hazard risk reduction is giving way to more systemic approaches to risk.

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Hazards Landslide
Themes Capacity development Civil Society/NGOs
Sendai Priorities for Action
Priority 1Understanding disaster risk
Priority 2Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk
Priority 3Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience
Priority 4Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, and to «Build Back Better», rehabilitation and reconstruction