An updated version of the United Nations Disaster Resilience Scorecard has been released, designed to help local authorities improve their disaster planning.
It is estimated that losses due to disasters from natural and man-made hazards including floods, storms and the impacts of climate change, cost governments on average more than $300bn globally each year.
The scorecard - developed by Aecom and IBM - provides access to knowledge, tools and a set of assessments that cover the policy and planning, engineering, organisational, financial, social and environmental aspects of disaster resilience.
It is structured around the United Nation’s 10 Essentials of Disaster Resilience.
Greater Manchester participated in an EU-funded pilot project to implement the Scorecard along with four other European cities, including Stoke on Trent, Amadora, Arvika and Jonkoping.
Kathy Oldham, head of civil contingencies and resilience unit, Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA), said: 'Using the Disaster Resilience Scorecard gave us the opportunity to broaden and deepen our understanding of resilience, bringing together partners from across the city region in conversations to explore the different issues the scorecard highlights.
'Using the framework of indicators and standards enabled us to create a snapshot of our current resilience, to build new relationships between organisations who have a role in mitigating the risks of emergencies and to draw on ideas and innovation from across the globe.'
Developed for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and designed to be led by local government authorities, the scorecard aims to assist in monitoring progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: 2015-2030, the global plan to reduce disaster losses.
The Scorecard is a free self-assessment tool to be used by cities or local government agencies. The full scorecard can be accessed via the UNISDR website here.
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