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Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Recovery: Learning from Postconflict and Disaster Response Experience Anita van Breda World Wildlife Fund June 2014

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Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Recovery:

Learning from Post‐conflict and Disaster Response Experience

Anita van BredaWorld Wildlife Fund

June 2014

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Adaptation and Resilience Initiative (ARES)

Disaster Reduction and Response Program

Ensure that disaster recovery, reconstruction and risk reduction efforts include climate smart environmental considerations and sound management of natural resources

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• Africa cookstoves

Pakistan Flood Relief

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Climate Change

Humanitarian Conflict 

Environment International

Regional

National

Community

Individual

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UN Emergency Shelter Cluster Environment Advisor and Training 

• Indonesia• Haiti• Philippines

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Emerging Changes 

• Center for a New American Security: “Natural Security Index” that includes environmental parameters relative to security

• The Humanitarian Futures Programme:  new types of actors and technologies

• Disaster Ready: an initiative supported by multiple  NGOS and others

• Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium : joint integrated funding and  all risk framework to bridge the humanitarian‐development divide

• Private Sector Engagement :  Walmart resilience team,  UPS and National Academy of Science

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Sanitation Challenge

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Different Solution ?Connections, Persistence, Champions

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Different Solution ‐ Linkages

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Break the Disaster Cycle

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Culture Change

“Now we are talking to each other in a common language.  Initially that wasn’t there.  Now that we are speaking the same language, we look forward to even greater things in the future.”

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Who Needs to Change?

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Demonstrate Change

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Professional Development and Training 

• 271 Emergency Management programs • 137 Conflict & Peace Studies  programs• 134 US Homeland Security &Terrorism programs • 104 Environmental Science & Conservation programs• 16 International Disaster Relief & HA programs • 6 Emergency Management programs & environmental 

component• 0 Humanitarian /Conflict/ Environment integrated 

programs

Standards and  Certification ‐ new opportunity?

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Observations

1. Update academic training and professional development for integrated approach ‐ limitations are not always technical

2. Learn to manage change and continually adapt new and multiple ways of learning ‐ not once and done

3. Ensure staff and volunteer recruitment requires multi disciplinary skills and aptitude  ‐ provide incentives 

4. Flexible funding ‐ cross disciplinary boundaries

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Thank You