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UN disaster summit concludes with 'Bali Agenda for Resilience'

14 Sept 02:59 Key points summarised by AI

The UN Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction concluded with the 'Bali Agenda for Resilience,' urging nations to 'Think Resilience' and urgently adopt and enhance early warning systems to mitigate increasing global disaster impacts.
A key finding highlighted that only 95 countries currently possess multi-hazard early warning systems, revealing critical gaps, particularly in vulnerable regions, as global disasters are projected to reach 1.5 per day by 2030.
The Agenda calls for integrating disaster risk reduction into all investments and decision-making, reassessing risk governance post-pandemic, and improving recovery strategies to build back better, greener, and more equitably.
Despite some progress in developing national risk reduction strategies, the summit emphasized insufficient investment in prevention and a widespread lack of accessible, actionable disaster risk information across most countries.

Today 14:58 Key points summarised by AI

Thailand's government will launch the "Chainat-Pasak-Gulf" water diversion canal project in fiscal year 2027, a seven-year mega-infrastructure initiative.
This permanent structural solution aims to mitigate recurrent central plains flooding by diverting water from the Chao Phraya River directly into the Gulf of Thailand, significantly reducing flow to major cities like Ayutthaya and Bangkok.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul justifies the long-term investment as a means to reduce future damages and fiscal burdens, contrasting it with the 40-50 billion baht spent annually on short-term flood relief.
Concurrently, the Prime Minister instructed officials to expand drainage capacity into the Tha Chin River and swiftly remove water hyacinths to improve immediate flood management.