Towards AMCDRR 2018: Ulaanbaatar
This issue of Southasiadisasters.net focuses on the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2018, which was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 3-6 July 2018. This issue spells out the different items that should be on the risk reduction agenda of Asian countries vis-à-vis the implementation of the Sendai Framework and the Asia Regional Plan. Since the AMCDRR also serves as a platform for regional cooperation among different Asian nations and stakeholders to collaborate on long-term risk reduction solutions, its leaders should primarily focus on addressing the underlying causes of much of the region's vulnerability. Risk reduction themes as diverse as climate-smart DRR, urban flood mitigation, air pollution, universal flood protection, etc. have been discussed in detail in this issue. Addressing these themes at AMCDRR 2018 can help in achieving long-term positive DRR outcomes in Asia.
This issue's contents include: (i) First Three Steps for India to be Weather Ready and Climate Smart: A View; (ii) The Second Avatãrana of Ganga: Air, Water and Block Chain; (iii) Researching Floods in Mumbai: A Journey; (iv) Development of India's First Forestry Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) Concept and Lessons Learnt; (v) Kill Pollution, Save Lives; (vi) Flood Insurance in the Climate Change Era: Can Science and Technology help Women get a Better Deal?; (vii) Disasters and Decision Making; and (viii) Reconstruction as Transformation.