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Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
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Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) announces $8 Million funding initiative to support Disaster Resilient Infrastructure in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
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- The announcement was made at the United Nations 4th International Conference on SIDS, held in Antigua and Barbuda
- The funding is part of CDRI’s Infrastructure for Resilient Island States Programme (IRIS).
- The Proposed project fund is open to all 57 small island nations for technical support and disaster resilience.
- Priority areas for project funding include transportation, power, water, telecommunications, healthcare and education sectors.
United Nations 4th International Conference on SIDS (SIDS4)
- Place: Antigua and Barbuda.
- Theme: “Charting the course toward resilient prosperity”.
- Aim: To assess the ability of SIDS to achieve sustainable development, including the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.
About Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI):
- The Prime Minister of India launched CDRI at the UN Climate Action Summit in 2019.
- It is a multi-stakeholder global partnership of national governments, UN agencies and programmes, multilateral development banks and financing mechanisms, the private sector, and academic and knowledge institutions.
- CDRI is a global partnership that aims to promote the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby ensuring sustainable development.
- It addresses the challenges of building resilience in infrastructure systems and the development associated with it.
- It is not an intergovernmental organisation.
- Funding: Members of the CDRI may make voluntary financial or in-kind contributions to the CDRI.
- Secretariat: New Delhi, India.
- Members: 39 Countries and 7 Organisations.
About Infrastructure for Resilient Island States Programme (IRIS):
- A joint initiative of CDRI and SIDS at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
- IRIS is a flagship programme of the CDRI.
- The goal of IRIS directly contributes to the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA Pathway), aligned with the SAMOA pathway, the three intended outcomes are:
- Improved resilience of SIDS Infrastructure to climate change and disaster risks.
- Strengthened knowledge and partnerships of integrating resilience in SIDS infrastructure.
- Gender equality and disability inclusion promoted through resilient SIDS infrastructure.
- Funding: IRIS is supported by commitments of USD 35m from Australia, India, the EU, and the UK, with a target to attract and deploy USD 50m to support SIDS by 2030.
- IRIS is a SIDS-led initiative and one seat each is reserved for nations from each of the three major SIDS regions (the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean).
- IRIS aims to build synergies with other initiatives that support climate and disaster-resilient infrastructure in SIDS.
About Small Island Developing States (SIDS):
- SIDS are islands of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- They are relatively remote, vulnerable to environmental challenges, such as climate change, and generally small in size.
- Niue has a population of only 1,269, and Tuvalu has a total land area of only 26 km.
- Recognised as a distinct group of developing countries in June 1992, at the UN Conference on Environment and Development.
- The aggregate population of all the SIDS is 65 million, slightly less than 1% of the world’s population.
- Still, this group faces unique social, economic, and environmental challenges.