Called for by the UN General Assembly the MTR SF marks the midpoint in the implementation of the Sendai Framework, the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. It is also an important milestone for other UN frameworks.
The MTR SF has retrospective and prospective elements. It works to take stock, identify emerging issues, uncover context shifts, and build coherence with other frameworks, to better address the systemic nature of risk and so realise regenerative and sustainable development.
The MTR SF will conclude in 2023 at a high level meeting of the General Assembly. The review and political declaration adopted at this meeting can inform inter alia the SDGs Summit, the UN Secretary General’s Summit for the Future and the recommendations for Our Common Agenda, and COP28.
The MTR SF follows the Guiding Principles of the Sendai Framework — it sees the engagement of “all of State institutions”, and following an “all-of-society approach”, a range of stakeholders are engaging in its activities, both virtually and in-person.
The MTR SF offers several avenues of engagement for States and non-State actors at the local, national, regional and global levels.
What is the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction?
Agreed at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan, the Sendai Framework provides the framework for an all-of-society and all-of-State institutions engagement in preventing and reducing disaster risks posed by both natural and man-made hazards and related environmental, technological and biological hazards and risks.
2023 marks the midpoint in implementing the Sendai Framework, the 2030 Agenda and other 2015 agreements. The Midterm Review will conclude in 2023, with countries and stakeholders invited to conduct consultations and provide input through 2022.