Presenting the “Global Risk Assessment Framework (GRAF), UNISDR—Emphasising the Relevance of Disaster Research Institutes” by Prof. Andrew Collins, Disaster and Development Network (DDN), Northumbria University, UK; Chair of the GADRI Board of Directors; Associate Member of the Global Risk Assessment Framework (GRAF), UNDRR

Prof. Collins shared information on the work done by the expert group of GRAF which is a framework for assessing risks. He presented this also as a significant manifestation of the principles often presented in earlier forums, that understanding risk better amplifies the risk assessment and management cycle. This is a risk governance concern dependent on the application of good data and in-depth analysis of processes of change in reducing major threats, resilience building and moving towards a more well-being orientated emphasis for the future of people and planet. A key point is that there is a common vision of enabling sustainable societies and systems for improved planetary well-being; this requires global risk assessment to help increase resilience in the light of more comprehensively understood risk. The GRAF vision, objectives, principles and processes are based around an appropriately comprehensive theory of change.