Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed 5th edition of the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.

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About Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

• The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is an international coalition of countries, United Nations (UN) agencies, multilateral development banks, the private sector, and academic institutions, that aims to promote disaster-resilient infrastructure.
• Its objective is to promote research and knowledge sharing in the fields of infrastructure risk management, standards, financing, and recovery mechanisms.
• It was launched by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019.
• CDRI’s initial focus is on developing disaster-resilience in ecological, social, and economic infrastructure.
• It aims to achieve substantial changes in member countries’ policy frameworks and future infrastructure investments, along with a major decrease in the economic losses suffered due to disasters.
• The CDRI is the second major coalition launched by India outside of the UN, the first being the International Solar Alliance.
• Both of them are seen as India’s attempts to obtain a global leadership role in climate change matters.