On 14 March 2015, at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a $4 billion commitment over four years to support the "Sendai Cooperation Initiative for Disaster Risk Reduction." This initiative aims to bolster disaster resilience through the development of disaster-proof infrastructure, regional and global partnerships, and the training of 40,000 government officials and community leaders in disaster risk management. Prime Minister Abe emphasized that disaster risk reduction is essential globally, especially for developing countries, which bear 90% of disaster-related casualties. Additionally, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius proposed a "Climate Disaster Warning" system to provide vulnerable countries with real-time climate alerts, underscoring the intertwined nature of climate change and disaster risk. The conference, with 186 governments in attendance, aimed to adopt a new post-2015 disaster risk reduction framework, succeeding the Hyogo Framework for Action established in 2005.
On 14 March 2015, at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a $4 billion commitment over four years to support the "Sendai Cooperation Initiative for Disaster Risk Reduction." This initiative aims to bolster disaster resilience through the development of disaster-proof infrastructure, regional and global partnerships, and the training of 40,000 government officials and community leaders in disaster risk management. Prime Minister Abe emphasized that disaster risk reduction is essential globally, especially for developing countries, which bear 90% of disaster-related casualties. Additionally, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius proposed a "Climate Disaster Warning" system to provide vulnerable countries with real-time climate alerts, underscoring the intertwined nature of climate change and disaster risk. The conference, with 186 governments in attendance, aimed to adopt a new post-2015 disaster risk reduction framework, succeeding the Hyogo Framework for Action established in 2005.