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Displaying 7 of about 7 resultsThis strategy report offers a policy-focused analysis of the world we will face once the pandemic has passed. At a time when all assumptions about the shape of Australian society and the broader global order are being challenged, there is a need to take stock of likely future directions.
The report analyses 26 key topics, countries and themes, ranging…
Summary
While the COVID-19 pandemic has massively disrupted lives and livelihoods, it also provides a once in a lifetime opportunity to create a safer, more resilient world able to adapt to the threat of climate change and other perils. Within COVID-19 recovery and economic stimulus packages there will be opportunities to address multiple risks, inclu…
Societal Impact Statement
Ecosystem‐based adaptation (EbA) is increasingly being used to reduce the impacts of climate change on vulnerable people and landscapes. The international EbA South project implemented EbA interventions across three countries (Mauritania, Nepal, the Seychelles), piloting the restoration of mountain, desert and coastal ecosyste…
UNEP Regional Office in Latin America and the Caribbean has produced the series of policy briefs Articulating social and environmental policy for post-COVID-19 recovery.
This document describes the opportunities to integrate five key high opportunity areas, with the capacity to generate substantial economic growth and millions of decent jobs (pp. 2-5):…
The purpose of this study is to analyze optimization-based decision-making models for the problem of Disaster Recovery Planning of Transportation Networks (DRPTN). In the past three decades, seminal optimization problems have been structured and solved for the critical and sensitive problem of DRPTN. The extent of our knowledge on the practicality of th…
The 2019-2020 bushfires are still fresh in the minds of many Australians, and were the focus of most submissions to this inquiry. The Bushfire History Project was launched to encourage people to record their personal experience, and to share their photos and videos from the bushfires and the ongoing recovery, so that these stor…
Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are both concerned with society–risk dynamics and require engagement with complex risk assessments, foresight, and strategic planning to build resilience. Yet, the policy communities engaged in each tend to be distinct – the two communities rely on separate sources of informatio…