6th Conference of the ICDRI

ICDRI is the annual international conference of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) in partnership with member countries, organisations and institutions
- It aim to increase the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby ensuring sustainable development.
CDRI was launched in 2019, at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York. It is India's second major global initiative after the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
- The CDRI Secretariat is based in New Delhi, India..
CDRI’s initiatives:
- Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS): India launched this initiative and it focuses on building capacity, having pilot projects in Small Island Developing States or SIDS.
- Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator Fund: It is a fund supported by both the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
Few other CDRI programs are the resilient housing in Dominica, resilient transport networks in Papua New Guinea, and enhanced early warning systems in the Dominican Republic and Fiji.

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