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Margareta Wahlström Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). Global Efforts on Disaster Risk Reduction. Disaster risk: increasing globally. Climate change and disaster risks.
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Margareta Wahlström Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Global Efforts on Disaster Risk Reduction
Climate change and disaster risks • Evidence of more extreme events already found (IPCC Assessment) – temperatures rising, loss of glaciers and polar ice, drought, heavy rainfall, heat waves, stronger tropical cyclones, floods • Impacts in two ways • (i) more extreme events (increased frequency and intensity) • (ii) greater vulnerability to hazards - from stresses on ecosystems and water
……Disasters magnified by climate change: UNISDR Response :high level dialogue with senior policy makers/ parliamentarins and national authorities to ensure that investments in reducing disaster risk are planned to reinforce adaptation to climate change
Disaster risk reduction is a powerful tool for climate change adaptation • Bali Action Plan (COP13) “risk management and risk reduction strategies, including risk sharing and transfer mechanisms” … and … “disaster reduction strategies and means to address loss and damage in developing countries” • Reduced disaster risk means better adapted communities • Use proven disaster reduction tools: e.g. risk assessment, early warning, land use planning, building codes, etc • Copenhagen Summit : Government of Japan’s ambitious mitigation targets have further galvanised political commitments towards CCA • many countries climate vulnerable countries like Maldives, Kiribati, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia integrating DRR as an instrument of CCA
Disaster and climate change: the UNISDR’s perspective UNISDR is tracking these dual issues through: • Knowledge management (GAR) and • Regional programming ISDR Work Plan 2010-2011: Strategic Direction and Impact Areas • Disaster risk reduction applied for climate change adaptation • Increasing investments for disaster risk reduction • Disaster resilient cities, schools and hospitals • Strengthened international cooperation mechanisms and better equipped secretariat
Why a Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction:Knowledge and Strategic Information for Global Policy making : • Periodic authoritative report on disaster risk reduction of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) to identify trends and propose policy initiatives • Coordinated by UNISDR with UNDP, World Bank, UNEP, ProVention, WMO and many other partners. • Accurately identify and measure contemporary patterns and trends in disaster risk • Increase our understanding of the causal factors of risk and of it’s consequences for human and economic development • Assess the progress being made by countries towards achieving the HFA (national progress reports etc)
GAR indicates mixed progress in reducing risk : ISDR Response ISDR undertaking a mid term review of implementation of the HFA with national governments, Civil society to accelerate implementation in remaining period
GAR :Disaster aggravates Poverty 22.5 million exposed per year GDPcap. US$31,267 HDI =0.953 Mortality ratio = 1 16 million exposed per year GDP cap. US$5,137 HDI = 0.771 Mortality ratio = 17 UNISDR Response : is promoting inclusion of Disaster resilience in Mid Term Review of MDG
UNISDR’s Regional Programming Network of 5 Regional Offices: Bangkok, (for Asia); Kobe (for East Asia, sub office in Suva (for Pacific); Cairo, (Arab States); Panama (Americas); Nairobi (Africa);Moving to Brussels(Europe) with a sub-office in Dushanbe (for Central Asia) with overall coordination support from Geneva Providing technical assistance to Inter Governmental Regional Organisations for risk assessment and regional DRR strategies ( e.g South Asia impacts of Climate Change, GLOFs, Floods) Promoting coherent action in disaster risk reduction at national and regional levels: UNDAFs development, DRR training, upscaling national Investments in DRR ( e.g. 5 Flag Ship programme initiated with PM of Nepal )