Journal of Progress in Disaster Science Call for paper for Special Issue: Reviewing Five Year Progress of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2020).
Introduction
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030 was adopted in March 2015 in Japan. It precedes the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015. The goal of the SFDRR is to achieve “The substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons, businesses, communities and countries”, with 7 Targets and 4 Priorities of Actions. The UNDRR is responsible for coordinating the implementation globally. National governments implement DRR through a separate entity of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) or part of other departments. The Global Assessment Report on DRR 2019 states that disasters are getting more complex and systemic, calling a broadened view of risks, to consider hazard, exposure and vulnerability.
The Agenda 2030 with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was adopted also in 2015, which call for leaving no-one behind and ensuring participation from all. Risk-informed development is necessary to ensure that development process and goals reducing risks and build long-term resilience. Furthermore, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change was agreed in the same year. Disasters, climate change and development is strongly interlinked, and hence coherence amongst the three frameworks is necessary, all have the same goal of reducing vulnerability and increasing resilience. Overall, the year 2020 is planned to be the super year of sustainability and Global Action, to accelerate progress toward achieving sustainability.
In 2020, the SFDRR will achieve its first five year milestone. This call for paper aims to review the five year progress of the SFDRR implementation, from the global, regional and local level. It asks the question of How has the SFDRR been mainstreamed and implemented, at different levels by different organisations, and what are the important lessons to guide its implementation in the 10 year ?.
Key topics:
Below are the list of possible topics that we are particularly sought for, including but not limited to:.
- Progress of SFDRR implementation at the global, regional and national level
- Review of progress in achieving the Sendai 7 Goals or 4 Priorities
- Progress in mainstreaming of disasters into key development sectors (e.g. health, gender, education, etc)
- The role of UNDRR, or key agencies responsible for DRR at the regional or national level
- Progress in localising the SFDRR
- The role of non-government organisations in implementing the SFDRR
- Coherence between SDGs and SFDRR and/or Paris Agreement
- Consideration of leaving no-one behind in DRR, e.g inclusion of people with disability, vulnerable groups, displaced persons, those under humanitarian emergencies
- Progress in science and technology on DRR post 2015
- How tools and mechanisms from SFDRR is beneficial and used in responding to COVID-19. As this call for paper is issued, the world is experiencing the impacts of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
- The SFDRR strongly recognises health issues and hence reviewing how COVID-19 influences country and society is also considered.
- Any other issues
Submission Method
Submitted papers must be unpublished and not currently under review by other journals. All papers should be submitted via the PDISA submission system. While submitting a paper to the special issue, please choose the article type “SFDRR Five Year Special Issue” otherwise your submission will be handled as a regular manuscript.
All submissions will go through the journal’s standard peer-review process. Criteria for acceptance include originality, contribution, scientific merit and relevance to the theme of the Special Issue.
For author guidelines, please visit the website of the journal at https://www.journals.elsevier.com/progress-in-disaster-science/
Timeline:
Call for paper : 18 May 2020
Submission of Abstract : 1 July 2020
Notification of abstract acceptance : 10 July 2020
Submission of full paper : 1 September 2020
Review results returned : 1 October 2020
Submission of revised paper : 1 November 2020
Notification of acceptance : 15 November 2020
Publication in the journal : 1 December 2020
Open access and Article Processing Charge (APC)
All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy and distribute. As an open access journal with no subscription charges, a fee is payable by the author or research funder to cover the costs associated with publication. Please refer to the journal webpage for the details.
Key References:
UNISDR, 2015, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, https://www.undrr.org/publication/sendai-framework-disaster-risk-reduction-2015-2030
UNDRR, 2019, Global Assessment Report on DRR, https://gar.undrr.org/report-2019
Shaw, Rajib, Takako Izumi, and Peijun Shi. "Perspectives of science and technology in disaster risk reduction of Asia." International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 7, no. 4 (2016): 329-342.
Djalante, R., Shaw, R. and DeWit, A., 2020. Building resilience against biological hazards and pandemics: COVID-19 and its implications for the Sendai Framework. Progress in Disaster Science, p.100080.
Kelman, I., 2020. Introduction to “Five Years of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction”. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, pp.1-2.