Document Abstract
Published:
2008
Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: closing the gap
Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaption: converging policy and practice
There is significant overlap between the practice and theory of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation. However, there is limited coherence and convergence in institutions, organisations and policy frameworks. Both struggle to be incorporated into regular development planning and this aspiration is slowed down by duplicated activities, ineffective use of resources and confusing policies.
This paper makes suggestions to policy makers and communities of practice on how to enhance both DRR and climate change adaption by 'converging' the programmes. Recommendations include:
- Integrate DRR and adaptation into the guidance and delivery of funding mechanisms, for example through budgetary support
- help the DRR community to engage more effectively in UNFCCC negotiations, for example by building the capacity of negotiators with DRR experience
- for the adaptation community: ensure that there is a strong focus on DRR in adaptation policies under the post-2012 framework, for example using DRR tools when dealing with weather-related
events
- for the DRR community: ensure that all DRR policies, measures and tools account for new risks and the aggravation of existing risks posed by climate change.
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- global climate
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- climate change (Globale Erwärmung)
- Climate change is a lasting change in weather patterns over long periods of time. It can be a natural phenomena and and has occurred on Earth even before people inhabited it. Quite different is a current situation that is also referred to as climate change, anthropogenic climate change, or global warming. This change in weather patterns appears to be happening much faster and is linked to human activity contributing to the greenhouse effect.
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- disaster risk reduction (DRR)
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- climate change adaptation (adaptation, adaptation to global warming, CCA, Adaption an den Klimawandel, adaptation, ACC, adaptation, adaptação ao aquecimento global, CCA, ACC)
- Adjustments in human and natural systems, in response to actual or expected climate stimuli or their effects, that moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities. (IPPC)
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