Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)

Why in news?

• Dr. Harsh Vardhan addressed an event by Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

About (CDRI)

• The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is an multi-stakeholder global partnership of national governments, United Nations (UN) agencies, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and academic institutions, that aims to promote disaster-resiliant infrastructure.
• At present, it is not an intergovernmental organization, which are ordinarily treaty-based organizations.
• Its objective is to promote research and knowledge sharing in the fields of infrastructure risk management, standards, financing, and recovery mechanisms.
• It was launched by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019.
• The CDRI Secretariat is based in New Delhi, India.
• At present nearly 20 countries along with Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank Group, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) are members of CDRI.

Prelims Question

Consider the following statements: 
1.Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction has been framed under the leadership of United Nations.
2.Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System has been created fully by Japan, USA and India.
Which among the above statements is/are correct?
(a)1 only 
(b)2 only 
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to prelims question