Geneva/New Delhi: The world’s high disaster minds gathered in Geneva on June 4. India made noise. Loud and clear – “we aren’t solely a part of the dialog, we’re main it”. Dr. P.Ok. Mishra, principal secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Might 3 represented India on the eighth World Platform for Catastrophe Danger Discount (GPDRR) in Geneva. It grabbed international consideration for India’s escalating management function in tackling one of many gravest threats of the twenty first century – catastrophe vulnerability in a climate-rattled world.
Co-hosted by the United Nations Workplace for Catastrophe Danger Discount (UNDRR) and the Authorities of Switzerland, the occasion witnessed Dr Mishra reiterating with emphasis India’s ironclad dedication to the Sendai Framework – a world technique to drastically cut back catastrophe dangers and defend lives, economies and ecosystems.
“India shouldn’t be solely making ready for disasters, we’re additionally redefining how nations construct resilience,” he conveyed on the opening ceremony, igniting applause from a world viewers of policymakers, scientists and humanitarian leaders.
The India at UN Mission in Geneva echoed the sentiment with an announcement on X (previously Twitter), “Principal Secretary to PM Dr. P.Ok. Mishra participates within the opening ceremony of the eighth World Platform for Catastrophe Danger Discount in Geneva, reinforcing India’s dedication to international catastrophe resilience efforts.”
Principal Secretary to PM Dr PK Mishra delivered India’s assertion on the GPDRR 2025 in Geneva
He mentioned, “…India believes {that a} strong and responsive DRR financing structure is a cornerstone of resilience…India’s expertise underlines the significance of predetermined… pic.twitter.com/ZmDbInFpZR
— ANI (@ANI) June 4, 2025
What’s at Stake at GP2025
Going down from June 2–6, 2025, GP2025 isn’t any abnormal gathering. It’s the world’s high discussion board to evaluate how far nations have come and the way a lot additional they need to go in assembly the targets of the Sendai Framework adopted by the UN Normal Meeting in 2015.
This 12 months’s summit takes on even higher urgency, aiming to translate the 2023 UN Political Declaration on Catastrophe Danger Discount into real-world motion. As pure disasters change into fiercer and extra frequent, GP2025 is laser-focused on one query – are nations actually prepared?
India’s presence on the platform shouldn’t be symbolic, it’s strategic. With current strides in constructing earthquake-resilient infrastructure, cyclone warning programs and catastrophe response forces, India is positioning itself as each a world contributor and data exporter in catastrophe danger discount.
From floods within the northeast to heatwaves within the heartland, India is on the frontlines of climate-driven catastrophes. However as an alternative of retreating, it’s utilizing that hard-earned expertise to form worldwide frameworks and push for domestically pushed and globally scalable options.
Why the World is Watching India
With India slated to host main regional catastrophe planning meets in 2026 and taking part in a pivotal function in South-South cooperation, consultants say the nation’s catastrophe administration mannequin may emerge as a template for the World South.
“India’s participation shouldn’t be symbolic, it displays a shift. The world is studying from India,” mentioned a senior UNDRR official on the sidelines of the Geneva discussion board.
In Geneva this week, India confirmed the world methods to stand tall when the bottom shakes.