Life Jacket Shelter & SDG 11.5

The Life Jacket Shelter aligns directly with SDG Target 11.5—reducing disaster deaths and people affected—through Indicator 11.5.1, which tracks deaths, missing persons, and directly affected persons per 100,000 population. In 2024, EM-DAT recorded 393 natural-hazard disasters causing 16,753 fatalities, while WMO reports about 2 million deaths from weather-, climate- and water-related hazards over 1970–2021. By combining buoyancy, protected communications and location features, Life Jacket Shelter helps authorities shorten time-to-rescue and generate evidence that maps to 11.5.1—supporting safer, more prepared communities.