Expert group meeting on partnerships and collaborative approaches to disaster risk reduction in SIDS municipalities: report
This document reports on an UN-OHRLLS expert group meeting, which brought together experts in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience building from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to explore solutions to the vulnerabilities and challenges of SIDS in regard to the increasing occurrence and intensity of natural disasters, impacts of sea-level rise and other risks posed by climate change. It summarizes the discussions of the meeting and provides recommendations to be used as further advocacy know-how for UN-OHRLLS’ efforts in strongly advocating on SIDS DRR related issues looking forward to the 2015 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.