Delhi Declaration: Fifth World Conference on Disaster Management
The Fifth World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM-2021) was held on November 24-27 in New Delhi. More than 400 scientists, researchers, policy makers and practitioners attended the event physically while another 4000 joined virtually from various parts of the world.
The overarching theme of the conference Technology, Finance and Capacity for Building Resilience to Disasters in the contexts of Covid-19 was discussed in 7 Plenary Sessions, 15 Special Technical Sessions, 36 Technical Sessions and 3 Special Feature Events.
The main recommendations of the WCDM-2021 are articulated in this Declaration for the consideration of the local authorities, national governments, international organisations and other stakeholders across sectors.
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