The UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) is the flagship report of the Unite

GAR 2019 – A guided tour

Chapter 1: How we got to now

This chapter provides background on a decades-long shift that has brought us to the Sendai Framework. It traces how a shared global policy commitment has emerged from the idea of managing disasters and seeking to mainstream DRR, to an approach of managing the wider risks embedded in our social, economic and environmental activity.

Chapter 2: Systemic Risks, the Sendai Framework and the 2030 Agenda

This chapter explores the systemic risks that are embedded in the complex networks of an increasingly interconnected world. It explores the dynamic interactions among the Sendai Framework, the 2030 Agenda, the Paris Agreement, the New Urban Agenda and the Agenda for Humanity.