8 Lessons for Disaster Risk Reduction from the Pacific

The Pacific is no stranger to disaster, being vulnerable to many natural hazards that include floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis. Over the past decade, disaster risk reduction programmes have been implemented and evaluated in the Pacific.

The following key findings represent 8 important lessons about disaster risk reduction that emerged from the evaluations, gleaned from experience in the Pacific but applicable for the success of disaster risk reduction programmes the world over.