Collectors Handbook on Climate Resilient Disaster Risk Management
This handbook discusses approaches to mainstreaming climate change adaptation and disaster management into development planning for District Administrators in India. It also includes information for departments and agencies on the implementation of policies, and review and feedback processes developed based on field studies in three states of India: Odisha, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
The document includes the following content:
- An explanation of drivers that put districts at risks;
- Definitions of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and their relevance in making disaster resilient districts;
- Important considerations in integration of CCA and DRR in developmental activities;
- An overview of plans and policies that will enable investment in disaster risk reduction;
- Steps for CCA-DRR integration through various mitigation measures;
- A self-assessment tool for implementing, monitoring and updating DRR activities.