Special Issue of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science on: “The Sendai Framework Celebrates Its 10th Birthday”

Extract from Prof Ilan Kelman’s Editorial to the Special Issue:This 10-year mark offers us an opportunity to take stock of progress and highlight issues to move the agenda on disaster risk reduction forward and to understand what worked and is working, what did not work and is not working, how we should pivot for the remaining 5 years, and what it means and does beyond 5 years. This special issue reflects on where the SFDRR has come from, how it applies and does not apply, and where it might be going for its final third. It offers elements of celebration, as per this special issue’s title, alongside areas of commiseration. Recognizing that no process could ever be perfect, or will even be agreed on as being perfect, for 18 March 2025, the articles and commentaries here critique the SFDRR in order to suggest positives and negatives, with constructive approaches for improvement without losing the gains.