Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure
The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is an international coalition of countries, United Nations (UN) agencies, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and academic institutions, that aims to promote disaster-resilient infrastructure. 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.
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| Abbreviation | CDRI |
|---|---|
| Formation | September 23, 2019 |
| Founded at | New York, United States |
| Purpose | "Promote the resilience of new and existing infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby ensuring sustainable development" |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India (Interim Secretariat) |
Membership | Afghanistan Argentina Australia Bangladesh Bhutan Brazil Canada Chile Dominican Republic Fiji France Germany Ghana Haiti India Italy Jamaica Japan Madagascar Maldives Mauritius Mongolia Nepal Netherlands Peru South Sudan Sri Lanka Tajikistan Turkey United Kingdom United States 8 member organizations Invited members AlgeriaEgypt Malaysia Mexico Norway Pakistan Republic of Korea Spain Switzerland |
| Website | cdri |
CDRI's initial focus is on developing disaster-resilience in ecological, social, and economic infrastructure. It aims to achieve substantial changes in member countries' policy frameworks and future infrastructure investments, along with a major decrease in the economic losses suffered due to disasters.
Today, or as of 2023, the CDRI has 39 members, incl. 31 member states, such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Algeria, Egypt, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Spain and Switzerland were invited. The nine, however, are pending membership approval.