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Supporters
CDRI operates through a Governing Council co-chaired by India and one other member nation, supported by an Executive Committee and the New Delhi Secretariat. Its flagship deliverable is the biennial-to-annual International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI). A signature initiative is the Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS), launched at COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021 by India, the UK, Australia and Small Island Developing States, channelling resources to SIDS that are acutely vulnerable to cyclones and sea-level rise. CDRI also publishes the Global Infrastructure Resilience report and develops the Global Resilience Index, while supporting sector-specific resilience in power, transport, telecommunications, water and health infrastructure. Membership has expanded rapidly to over 40 countries and several international organisations, including both developed and developing states.
Opponents
The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is a multi-stakeholder global partnership launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on 23 September 2019. It brings together national governments, UN agencies and programmes, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and knowledge institutions to promote the resilience of infrastructure systems against climate and disaster risks. CDRI directly advances the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030), the Paris Agreement (2015), and the Sustainable Development Goals — particularly the Sendai targets on reducing damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services. Its Secretariat is headquartered in New Delhi, and it was registered in 2022 by the Union Cabinet as an International Organisation under the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947, giving it diplomatic standing and exemptions.
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In November 2021 at COP26 in Glasgow, India, the UK and Australia launched the Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS) initiative under CDRI to support Small Island Developing States.
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