🌍IMSPARK: Risk Awareness That Leads to Action🌍

 🌍Imagine… Risk Awareness That Leads to Action🌍

💡 Imagined Endstate:

A future where every community—not just the richest or most resourced—has the tools, data, and agency to understand and manage the risks they face. A Pacific where no disaster catches anyone off guard.

📚 Source: 

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. (2025). Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR2025). Link.

💥 What’s the Big Deal:

GAR2025 delivers a powerful message: we are not doing enough to reduce the risk of disasters—and the most vulnerable are paying the price📉. Pacific Island nations are acutely exposed to climate change, sea-level rise, cyclones, and economic shocks. But what makes these events catastrophic isn't nature—it’s inequality, weak infrastructure, and global neglect🌪️. 

The report calls out “risk amnesia” in policy and investment. Too many governments and donors treat disasters as one-offs rather than systemic failures📊. It’s a warning and a wake-up call. GAR2025 urges a transformation: from reaction to prevention, from siloed sectors to systems thinking, and from global solutions imposed from afar to localized, inclusive strategies. 

For PI-SIDS, GAR2025 is both validation and opportunity. It emphasizes that risk is deeply intertwined with colonial legacies, development models, and political voice🤝. The call is clear: invest in anticipatory governance, community-led adaptation, and data systems that reflect local realities. Risk is not just to be measured—it’s to be governed.

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