Building Community Resilience in a changing climate
Description
Communities and livelihoods are adversely impacted and increasingly prone to disaster risks as a consequence of climate change. Much remains to be done to ensure effective risk management policies are in place at the community level and supported by financial resources at a commensurate level.
The use of risk information, including long-term trends in climate risk as well as medium-range information such as seasonal forecasts, is an important component of strengthening community safety and resilience. The challenge is to ensure that vulnerable people have the information they need, when they need it. This will also build awareness and capacity to take action at the household, village or neighbourhood level.
The side event will outline a risk management methodology, share experience and lessons; and highlight a holistic approach by harmonizing disaster risk reduction with climate change adaptation and mitigation practices. The side event aims to identify ways to improve cooperation and address challenges for an effective implementation at scale, as we head to a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (HFA 2).
Background Papers
Presentations
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A Climate Risk Management Perspective (124.55 kB)
Speaker: Rajeev Issar, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR)
