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A Clim ate Risk M anag em entAp p roac h to D isaster Red uc t ionand Ad ap tat ion to C lim ate Chang e

UNDP Expert Group Meeting.Integrating Disaster Reduction withAdaptation to Climate Change

H a v a n a , J u n e 1 7 - 1 9 , 2 0 0 2

United Nations Develop m ent Prog ram m e

A CLIM ATE RISK M ANAGEM ENT APPROACH TO D ISASTERREDUCTION AND ADAPTATION TO CLIM ATE CHANGE

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A Clim ate Risk M anag em entAp p roac h to D isaster Red uc t ionand Ad ap tat ion to C lim ate Chang e

UNDP Expert Group Meeting.Integrating Disaster Reduction withAdaptation to Climate Change

H a v a n a , J u n e 1 7 - 1 9 , 2 0 0 2

United Nations Develop m ent Prog ram m e


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Executive Sum m ary


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The sc ientificevidence thatc lim ate is chang ingdue to g reenhousegas em issions isnow incontestab le.It is equally wellaccepted thatc lim ate change w illalter the severity,frequency andspatial d istribution ofc lim ate- relatedhazards

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Strengtheningnational and local

capac ities to m anageclim ate- related risks,

as they can beunderstood now, isthe best strategy tobe ab le to m anage

m ore com plexc lim ate risk in the

future


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Integrated c lim aterisk m anagem entcould p rovide afram ework to allowthe d isastercom m unity to m ovebeyond the stilldom inant focus onpreparedness andresponse and forthe adaptation toc lim ate changecom m unity to m ovebeyond the designof hypotheticalfuture adaptationstrateg ies


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A Clim ate Risk M anagem entApproach to Disaster

Reduction and Adaptation toClim ate Change

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Overall, d isasteroccurrences andlosses assoc iatedw ith extrem e andincreasing ly not soextrem e c lim aticevents haveincreaseddram atically inrecent years andparticularly since1996

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Seen from theperspective of

econom ic im pact, inconstant m onetary

term s, the lossesduring d isasters

throughout the worldduring the 1990swere nine tim es

superior to thosesustained during the1960s and six tim es

superior to thoseduring the 1970s

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Today, faced w iththe inevitab ility ofm any naturalphenom ena, them ajor bent interm s of exp lainingd isasters andd isaster lossesfavours theanalysis of soc ialvulnerab ility

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