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Press point for journalists, policy-makers and stakeholders for the Mid-term Sendai Review

28 February 2023

A midterm review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) by the International Science Council will be launched on 1 March 2023. Join this short presentation by the authors of the Review and members of the International Science Council secretariat to be the first to know of this report’s findings.

The report has been produced by the ISC as part of an official midterm review by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) of the Sendai Framework, which was agreed in 2015 and set out to reduce the human, economic and social cost of disasters.

Wednesday 1 March

15:00 CET | 14:00 UTC | 09:00 ET

To receive the embargoed press release and an advanced copy of the report, please contact:

Donna Bowater | Marchmont Communications

donna@marchmontcomms.com | +61 434 634 099

Matthew Stafford | Marchmont Communications

matthew@marchmontcomms.com | +44 (0) 7788 863 692

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