About CDRI

• • The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is an international collaborative platform, aiming to promote the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby ensuring sustainable development. 
  • Launched in 2019 under the leadership of the Government of India, CDRI envisions enabling measurable reduction in infrastructure losses from disasters, including extreme climate events. 
  • CDRI is a multi-stakeholder global partnership of national governments, UN agencies and programmes, multilateral development banks and financing mechanisms, the private sector, and academic and knowledge institutions. 
  • At present, it is not an intergovernmental organization, which are ordinarily treaty-based organizations.
  • CDRI has also created a dedicated initiative “Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS)”, which will work to achieve sustainable development through a systematic approach to promote resilient, sustainable and inclusive infrastructure in Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
• Members of CDRI: 40 countries and 7 organisations.

Governance

• Governance arrangements for CDRI Secretariat comprises three principal bodies, viz., the Governing Council (highest policy-making body), the Executive Committee (managerial body) and the Secretariat in New Delhi headed by a Director General appointed by the Governing Council. 
• The Government of India will be a permanent Co-Chair of the Governing Council of CDRI and a representative of another national government nominated by rotation every two years. 

Why in News?

• The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) has recommended in a report and policy brief that coastal States like Tamil Nadu and Gujarat must take steps to protect their telecom assets from natural disasters. 
• The report comes as natural disasters occur more frequently as a result of climate change, and critical infrastructure is endangered by these calamities. 
  • Telecom networks are particularly vulnerable physically, and their outage affects rescue and relief efforts across other sectors too.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coastal-earthquake-prone-regions-should-protect-telecom-assets-from-disasters-says-coalition-for-disaster-resilient-infrastructure/article69216183.ece