Rapid Fire
6th Conference of the ICDRI
- 03 May 2024
- 2 min read
Recently, the Prime Minister of India addressed the 6th International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI) 2024.
- ICDRI is the annual international conference of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) in partnership with member countries, organisations and institutions
- It aim to increase the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby ensuring sustainable development.
- CDRI was launched in 2019, at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York. It is India's second major global initiative after the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
- The CDRI Secretariat is based in New Delhi, India..
- CDRI’s initiatives:
- Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS): India launched this initiative and it focuses on building capacity, having pilot projects in Small Island Developing States or SIDS.
- Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator Fund: It is a fund supported by both the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
- Few other CDRI programs are the resilient housing in Dominica, resilient transport networks in Papua New Guinea, and enhanced early warning systems in the Dominican Republic and Fiji.
Read more: India Approves Ratification of HQ Agreement with CDRI
