Ambitious and coherent? Reviewing the pre-­‐zero draft of the Post-­‐2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

This report by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) reviews the pre-zero draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The authors argue that the draft lacks ambition, repeating the framing of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) rather than integrating disaster risk reduction (DRR) more deeply into development and climate change agendas. The review provides specific recommendations to improve the framework's organizing logic, monitoring mechanisms, and its interfaces with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate change, and conflict-affected states.

• The pre-zero draft is criticized for a lack of ambition, as it largely retains the framing and expected outcomes of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) despite a decade of inconsistent delivery and increasing disaster risks.
• The report suggests the draft's organizing logic is confusing, noting a disconnect between its three goals (prevention of risk creation, reduction of existing risk, and strengthening resilience) and its four priorities for action.
• Monitoring and accountability in the draft are deemed insufficient; while it mentions the need for alignment with the SDGs and climate agreements, it lacks a clear plan for measuring national progress and fails to specify the frequency of monitoring or data compilation responsibilities.
• The interface with climate change is described as passive, lacking institutional processes for coherence and omitting the importance of understanding climate change's impact on extremes and disaster events.
• The draft is noted for a significant oversight regarding conflict and fragility, failing to provide specific approaches for disaster risk in fragile and conflict affected states (FCAS) beyond a general call for inclusive governance.
• Financial articulation in the pre-zero draft is described as very poor, focusing on the penalty of economic losses rather than the necessary investments required to reduce those losses.
• The report identifies a need for a more robust role for regional organisations to act as a bridge between national and global levels, particularly in managing transboundary hazards.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (n.d.). Ambitious and coherent? Reviewing the pre-­‐zero draft of the Post-­‐2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/HFA2-pre-zero-draft-review.pdf

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Ambitious and coherent? Reviewing the pre-­‐zero draft of the Post-­‐2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. n.d. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/HFA2-pre-zero-draft-review.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetworkndambitious, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Ambitious and coherent? Reviewing the pre-­‐zero draft of the Post-­‐2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/HFA2-pre-zero-draft-review.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }