Source: UNISDR Disaster Risk Reduction
As the world faces multiple overlapping crises, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) remains challenging, especially in fragile and conflict-prone areas. Strengthening the linkages between disaster risk management and sustaining peace is an essential step to address the complex challenges of these settings. By exploring how Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) can act as a natural bridge for collaboration across humanitarian, development, and peace partners, this session aims to provide concrete strategies for risk reduction, resilience building, and joint planning.
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Task Force 4 Peace Dialogue Series aims to unpack the peace component within the Humanitarian-Peace-Development (HDP) Nexus approach, linking humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts. This third session, titled “Building Resilience Through Disaster Risk Reduction in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Areas,” will focus on how DRR can contribute to peacebuilding and sustaining peace, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected contexts.
This dialogue, co-organized by the Departement of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA) and UNDRR, is designed for technical-level staff from IASC member organizations, including HDP Nexus advisors and practitioners who operate in fragile and conflict-affected areas. Through expert-led discussions, real-world case studies and practical tools, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how DRR can be integrated into peacebuilding efforts and strategies for sustaining peace.
Session Objectives
This dialogue will:
- Explore the role of DRR in supporting peacebuilding and sustaining peace within fragile and conflict-affected areas.
- Highlight practical approaches for integrating DRR into humanitarian and development programming.
- Showcase field experiences and case studies from practitioners working at the intersection of DRR, peace, and security.
- Identify challenges and opportunities for joint action within the humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) Nexus.
- Strengthen partnerships between humanitarian, development, and peace actors for risk-informed, conflict-sensitive programming.
Speakers
- Ronald Jackson, Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery Advisor, UNDP (Moderator)
- Sandra Amlang, Head of the Interagency Cooperation Unit, UNDRR
- Sadjo Barry, Peace and Development Advisor, UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, Mauritania
- Paule Juneau, Environmental Law Specialist and Mediator, UNEP, Haiti
- Andrea Dekrout, Climate, Peace and Security Advisor, UNAMI, Iraq
- Silja Halle, Programme Manager, Climate Change and Security, UNEP
- Ivo Ananji, Youth Climate Action and Peacebuilding Innovator