Fourteen Actions and Six Proposals for Science and Technology-Based Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Second Asian Science and Technology Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction:SciencePolicy Dialogue for Implementation of the Sendai Framework,April 2018

1 Introduction The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 shifts the focus from managing disasters to reducing risks.Such a shift requires a better understanding of risk in all its dimensions of environment,hazards,exposure,and vulnerability;a disaster risk governance that