Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) UPSC

Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)

Founding members of CDRI

• It was announced by India’s PM at the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 held in USA and first mooted as an idea in November 2016, while inaugurating an Asian ministerial conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. 
• Its other founding members include Australia, Bhutan, Fiji, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Mexico, Mongolia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and the UK. 

What is CDRI ?

• It is a voluntary international grouping, linking governments, UN agencies, banks, private sector groups, and academia to develop the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks. 

Note:-

• It is second major coalition launched by India outside the UN, after the International Solar Alliance. Its secretariat is in New Delhi. 

Functions of CDRI ?

• CDRI will set targets for member countries to bring down disaster deaths, economic losses and strive to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal. o It will also work at the intersection of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Paris Climate Agreement. 

Decision making body of CDRI ?

• Governing Council is the highest policy-making body of CDRI. o It is co-chaired by India and a representative of another national government nominated by rotation every two years. 

Note:-

• CDRI will uphold the UN Agenda 2030 principle of leaving no one, no place, and no ecosystem behind, focusing on the most vulnerable regions and populations, while enabling inclusive and deliberative processes that recognize national and local efforts as primal. 

But what is Disaster Resilient infrastructure? 

- Infrastructure that can stand any huge damage from any kind of natural disaster is known as Disaster Resilient Infrastructure. It encompasses structural and non-structural measures. 

- Structural Measures involve adjusting engineering designs and standards to reflect disaster risk such as flood control systems, protective embankments, seawall rehabilitation, and retrofitting of buildings. 

- Non-structural measures refer to risk-sensitive planning, enabling institutional frameworks, hazard mapping, ecosystem-based management, and disaster risk financing.