The UNDP approach to risk-informed development

The paper presents the rationale for risk-informed development (RID), an approach that originated in the field of disaster risk reduction and that has expanded in recent years to embrace climate change-related risks and the integration of an even broader spectrum linked to health, conflict, environment, economic shocks, human rights and their related risk drivers. UNDP’s approach to RID is a corporate effort aligned with the UNDP Strategic Plan 2022-2025 to articulate how UNDP embraces risk-informed development as one of the accelerators of sustainable development that will ensure that those who are left behind participate in and benefit from development progress and achieve human security. It gives directions for forging internal and external partnerships for risk-proofing the future of development and for driving new resource mobilization opportunities for this line of work for UNDP.

There are 3 pillars of the UNDP's risk-informed approach:

• Country pillar : Policy and programme support;
• Partners pillar: UN system collaboration and partnerships;
• Internal pillar: Risk-informing UNDP.