Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management (CSDRM) is an integrated approach that aims to tackle changing disaster risks, enhance adaptive capacity, address poverty and vulnerability, and promote sustainable development in a changing climate. It has three pillars: 1) tackle changing disaster risks and uncertainties, 2) enhance adaptive capacity, and 3) address poverty, vulnerability and their structural causes. The approach was developed through research and engagement with over 500 practitioners. It seeks to guide planning and evaluation of disaster risk reduction policies and programs to promote more resilient development outcomes.
Maggie Ibrahim: Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management Approach: An OverviewSTEPS Centre
Presentation at the STEPS Conference 2010 - Pathways to Sustainability: Agendas for a new politics of environment, development and social justice
http://www.steps-centre.org/events/stepsconference2010.html
Maggie Ibrahim: Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management Approach: An OverviewSTEPS Centre
Presentation at the STEPS Conference 2010 - Pathways to Sustainability: Agendas for a new politics of environment, development and social justice
http://www.steps-centre.org/events/stepsconference2010.html
The Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Several thousand participants attended, including at related events linked to the World Conference under the umbrella of building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters. The United Nations General Assembly Resolution for 2013 on International Strategy for Disaster Reduction states that the World Conference will result in a concise, focused, forward-looking, and action-oriented outcome document and will have the following objectives:
* To complete assessment and review of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action;
* To consider the experience gained through the regional and national strategies/institutions and plans for disaster risk reduction and their recommendations as well as relevant regional agreements within the implementation of the Hyogo Framework of Action;
* To adopt a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction;
* To identify modalities of cooperation based on commitments to implement a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction;
* To determine modalities to periodically review the implementation of a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.
Presentation courtesy of Dr Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction
Institutional arrangements for disaster management in myanmarThành Nguyễn
This document provides an overview of the existing institutional system for disaster management in Myanmar at all administrative levels, from national to local. The purpose of this document is to provide a comprehensive review of the existing institutional arrangements for disaster management for all relevant stakeholders. This document was written as part of the process to develop the ‘Myanmar Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction’. This overview provides information about the geographical location of Myanmar, nine disaster profiles, three commitment captures of the Government of the Union of Myanmar to global and regional declarations on disaster management, an overview of the existing institutional arrangements, profiles of existing government Ministries and Departments, and institutional arrangements for disaster management at divisional-, district-, and town level.
The Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Several thousand participants attended, including at related events linked to the World Conference under the umbrella of building the resilience of nations and communities to disasters. The United Nations General Assembly Resolution for 2013 on International Strategy for Disaster Reduction states that the World Conference will result in a concise, focused, forward-looking, and action-oriented outcome document and will have the following objectives:
* To complete assessment and review of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action;
* To consider the experience gained through the regional and national strategies/institutions and plans for disaster risk reduction and their recommendations as well as relevant regional agreements within the implementation of the Hyogo Framework of Action;
* To adopt a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction;
* To identify modalities of cooperation based on commitments to implement a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction;
* To determine modalities to periodically review the implementation of a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction.
Presentation courtesy of Dr Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction
Institutional arrangements for disaster management in myanmarThành Nguyễn
This document provides an overview of the existing institutional system for disaster management in Myanmar at all administrative levels, from national to local. The purpose of this document is to provide a comprehensive review of the existing institutional arrangements for disaster management for all relevant stakeholders. This document was written as part of the process to develop the ‘Myanmar Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction’. This overview provides information about the geographical location of Myanmar, nine disaster profiles, three commitment captures of the Government of the Union of Myanmar to global and regional declarations on disaster management, an overview of the existing institutional arrangements, profiles of existing government Ministries and Departments, and institutional arrangements for disaster management at divisional-, district-, and town level.
Disaster Risk Resilience, curriculum that is fit for purpose in the sector, C...Bibhuti Bhusan Gadanayak
A Disaster, Risk & Resilience
curriculum that is fit for purpose in the sector at Coventry University, UK
(RIP is a process which takes risk prospective as an integral component of thinking, planning, implementing and monitoring development programmes through risk analysis and consequent programme adjustment
NAP Training Viet Nam - Vulnerability and Adapting to Climate ChangeUNDP Climate
This two-day workshop supported the Government of Viet Nam in building the necessary capacity to advance its National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process. The workshop closely focused on building National Adaptation Plans in the agricultural sector through multi-stakeholder collaboration, and increased knowledge and capacity on a number of topics including: prioritization of adaptation options, cost-benefit analysis, overview of the broad-based nature of climate change adaption impacts, analysis of challenges, and creation of an open discussion with key stakeholders on defining a road-map for the NAP process. The workshop was delivered using discussions and case studies to enhance interactive learning for participants, with supporting presentations by GiZ and SNV.
6. A consultative process…. More than 500 practitioners, policymakers, scientists and academics from climate change, disasters and development communities are engaged in CSDRM.
8. Pillar I: Tackle Changing Disaster Risk and Uncertainties 1a: Strengthen collaboration and integration between diverse stakeholders working on disasters, climate and development 1b: Periodically assess the effects of climate change on current and future disaster risks and uncertainties 1c: Integrate knowledge of changing risks and uncertainties into planning, policy and programme design to reduce the vulnerability and exposure of people’s lives and livelihoods 1d: Increase access of all stakeholders to information and support services concerning changing disaster risks, uncertainties and broader climate impacts
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10. Pillar III: Address Poverty, Vulnerability and their Structural Causes 3a: Promote more socially just and equitable economic systems 3b: Forge partnerships to ensure the rights and entitlements of people to access basic services, productive assets and common property resources 3c: Empower communities and local authorities to influence the decisions of national governments, NGOs, international and private sector organisations and to promote accountability and transparency 3d: Promote environmentally sensitive and climate smart development
Bringing these areas together, we have come up with 5 main areas to consider: Make climate-smart disaster risk management a priority Assess changing risk and vulnerability patterns Use knowledge of climate impacts on different parts of society and of changing disaster risks and uncertainties to reduce exposure of peopple’s livelihoods Increase public awareness of climate change and disaster risks Reduce exposure of physical environment to changing risks
These characteristics are nothing new, but perhaps integrating uncertainty and accepting non-equilibrium are newer to the socio-economic disciplines in contrasts to ecological and technological innovations. The ten characteristics of resilience in promoting adaptive capacity also share characteristics with first and third pillar and so have pulled out 4 key charactertics under the Enhancing Adaptive Capacity Pillar. -Creating Flexible and Effective Institutions Promoting Learning Adopting a multi-level perspective Considering greater uncertainty High Levels of Diversity : ecological diversity; stakeholder diversity; livelihood diversity; diversity in planning, response and recovery activities ( Folke 2006; Holling 1973; Resilience Alliance, Carpenter et a. 2001). II. Flexible, Effective Institutions which III) Accept non-equilibrium : institutions must be seen as legitimate, inclusive and effective in delivering goals. Furthermore they must be flexible and reflect the needs of the local community, provide opportunities for learning and experimentation (Folke 2006, Rockerfeller 2009; Ostrom 2009, Dover and Handmer 1992; Osbahr 2007). Similarly, institutions must Accept Non- Equilibrium as disturbances may cause change in the relationship between components of the system (Folke 2006). IV. Cross Scalar Perspective: interconnectedness between various components of the system through networks which transcend scale (Nelson 2007). V. Integrating Uncertainty : through a memory of past disturbances (shocks/stresses) and the existence of protocols that determine action in the face of disturbance (Holling 1973). VI. Ensuring Community Involvement: participation in decision making, ownership of resources and use of indigenous and local knowledge (Manyena 2006; Mayunga 2007; Ostrom 2009; Nelson et al. 2007; Dover and Handmer 1992; Berkes 2007, Osbahr 2007). VII. Promoting Learning : iterative processes and organisational learning that promote adaptive capacity. Consider a range of plausible hypotheses about future change in the system, weigh range of possible strategies and favour actions that are robust to uncertainty (Gunderson and Holling 2001). VIII. Promoting Equity : gauging, sharing and distributing risk from disturbances (shocks/stresses) (Nelson et al. 2007). IX . Social values and structures : moral and ethical standards regarding how to behave in groups, norms of reciprocity, sufficient trust lead to lower transaction costs in reaching agreements and lower costs of monitoring ( Ostrom 2009). X. Preparedness, Planning and Readiness : accepting that change and disturbances will occur and preparing and planning for failure through system failure scenarios (Rockefeller Foundation 2009).
We have boiled down addressing poverty, vulnerability and their causes into four Main components: Promote Equitable Economic systems Promote Access to education and health care Promote access to structures, power and accountability Promote Sensible Carbon Stewardship
Research carried out in Cambodia, India and Sri Lanka tested the CSDRM approach at regional, sub-national and local levels and in trans-boundary and post-conflict settings. Cases were chosen because they reflected at least one of the three pillars of the CSDRM approach in context of multiple, changing hazards. in Cambodia, the climate-smart DRM efforts of the Mekong River Commission are investigated. profiles of the Orissa State Disaster Management Authority and the ‘Watershed Plus’, or Western Orissa Rural Livelihood Programme (WORLP), provide learning on different ways to tackle CSDRM at state level. Finally, post-disaster housing reconstruction in the conflict-affected District of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, provides inspiration on how it is possible to work ‘climate-smart’ despite a climate information vacuum. Fieldwork in Cambodia, India and Sri Lanka has demonstrated that, despite challenges, government and non-government actors are already making real efforts to manage disaster risks with a ‘climate-smart’ approach. The institutional basis is there. Making the final shift to CSDRM, it seems, is largely reliant on an increasingly collaborative and strategic approach to traditional DRM, both at an individual and institutional level. The case studies highlight the flexibility of CSDRM as an analytical and evaluative tool at different scales: Integrating climate scenarios, whether at the regional, sub-national or local level, requires access to climatological information and data. This can be fraught with challenges and can be highly political. Making connections with independent intermediaries – such as universities - that can process climate data and interpret findings at various levels is a way to overcome this challenge. There are numerous entry points for a CSDRM approach. Building on existing programmes and policies offers opportunities to identify champions for the approach and to create tools and procedures that are grounded in local realities.