UNDP and Tohoku University launch ‘Global Centre for Disaster Statistics’

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University today launched the Global Centre for Disaster Statistics. The result of a long partnership, the new Centre will help deliver quality, accessible and understandable disaster data to Member States as they endeavor to achieve the goals of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

“The messages which UNDP brings to Sendai and the World Conference are that disaster risk reduction is a development process and that development decisions must be risk-informed’,  Helen Clark, Administrator of UNDP, said. “Having access to good data and analysis about disaster risk is vital. This new Centre, supported by a partnership between Tohoku University and UNDP, will support countries to build up good data bases and evidence on which to base risk-informed decisions.”

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