“#Only Together”, was the 2021 theme for International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, with its sub-theme, “#DRRDay”.

The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health.

The 2021 edition focuses on “International cooperation for developing countries to reduce their disaster risk and disaster losses.”  This is the sixth of the Sendai Seven targets.

Co-chair of the SKN’s Mitigation Council, Senator Wendy Phipps, spoke of what NEMA is guided by.

Senator Wendy Phipps.