FACT SHEET The Reducing Disaster Risk Cluster at SEI Asia

The Reducing Disaster Risk Cluster at SEI Asia focuses on the intersection of development and disaster risk across Asia. Its work is organized into four thematic areas: regional cooperation, disaster recovery and resilience, empowering vulnerable groups, and the role of culture in risk. The cluster supports the implementation of the 2015 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals through research, policy engagement, and capacity-building, with specific projects targeting disability-inclusive DRR and long-term recovery analysis in Southeast Asia.

• The Reducing Disaster Risk Cluster operates across four thematic areas: regional cooperation, disaster recovery and resilience, empowering vulnerable groups, and culture and risk.
• The cluster leads the SEI Initiative on Transforming Development and Disaster Risk, which collaborates with ASEAN and other Asian stakeholders to improve cooperation between the humanitarian, development, adaptation, and DRR fields.
• Research conducted by a consortium in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia indicates that disaster recovery narratives, such as "Build Back Better", significantly influence who controls recovery processes and who benefits or loses from them.
• Through the Global Resilience Partnership, the cluster is implementing disability-inclusive DRR (DiDRR) initiatives in Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines, which include vulnerability assessments, risk awareness training, and a toolkit for mainstreaming disability into DRR practice.
• The cluster investigates how cultural differences between international DRR organizations and local communities can perpetuate vulnerability, advocating for a place-based approach to create frameworks that reflect diverse understandings of risk.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2017). FACT SHEET The Reducing Disaster Risk Cluster at SEI Asia. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-FactSheet-Boyland-Reducing-Disaster-Risk.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. FACT SHEET The Reducing Disaster Risk Cluster at SEI Asia. 2017. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-FactSheet-Boyland-Reducing-Disaster-Risk.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2017fact, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{FACT SHEET The Reducing Disaster Risk Cluster at SEI Asia}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2017}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-FactSheet-Boyland-Reducing-Disaster-Risk.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }