steenbergen, margot rccc salzburg acad july 2015
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Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
Project:
Community Resilience in Urban Areas (CRUA)
Margot SteenbergenJuly 21, 2015
Climate Training Kit. Module 1a – Climate change science and impacts
1) Red Cross Red Crescent
Climate Centre (RCCC)
2) CRUA Project description
3) RCCC work on Games
Overview Presentation
1. Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
SCIENCE
POLICY PRACTICE
�Climate change is already
happening
�It is mostly caused by man
�It will continue
�The rate of change is alarming
�Extreme weather is getting
more frequent
�It is urgent to stop further
warmingIPCC Fifth Assessment Report, 2013
AMCDRR 2012
2. CRUA Project Description Why?
The research
identified good
examples of local
resilience initiatives
in areas that have
experienced
repeated flooding.
Participants spoke of
the “need to do
something” for
themselves because
of the slowness of
response.
General background
• Why? Since 2004 in Europe, over 1,000 have been killed
and more than 3.4M affected by flooding.
Projections are for this to intensify. Without
action, up to half a million additional people will
be affected every year by 2080.
• Who? Individuals and urban communities
• Where? Northern Ireland, Hungary, Denmark
• When? 2015-2016
General background cot’d
• Aim Target group being better prepared for flooding
(cohesion + clarity)
• Actions?
1) Review, adapt and further develop a range of
innovative tools for improving resilience in urban
community groups
2) The Red Cross Psychosocial Support Centre will lead the development of a psychosocial (emotional) resilience model to support affected urban communities
3) Development a Serious Game to examine current
situations and simulate new realities based on extensive work in developing countries facing a more extreme change in weather
The problem Unpacked – Cohesion
• 1. Sense of “community” less prevalent in urban areas :
– People work long hours and when they return from work are not necessarily interested in volunteering
– People presume that the authorities will come and help out, people rely on authorities. However, during a disaster, the emergency services are overwhelmed. Actions the government can’t do :
• Evacuate vulnerable people
• Reach people who need medication
• Protect individual properties
• Communicate clearly / honestly on certain risks
• Guarantee that everyone who needs psychological help gets it
– There is some fingerpointing of whose job a certain action is.
– In ‘normal times’, there is a lack of a opportunities (even stressors) to generate that common sense of purpose.
– Identifying volunteers, and instilling a sense of trust
The problem Unpacked – Clarity
• 2. A lack of clear flood preparedness & response plans with clearly
defined roles at the family and community level.
– Unnecessary chaos
– Actions missed that could reduce suffering and damage
– Vulnerable groups are not reached
• Children, Elderly, Isolated people, People with disabilities:
mental / physical, People in distress, People in poverty, People
who avoid authority: homeless, drug addicts, etc, People who
distrust science, People who live in very hazardous situations
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
• Good Practices - Community / family plans:
– Raise awareness of available information, help people
understand risk
– Identification and removal of personal possessions
– Check on vulnerable neighnours – making sure no one
is missed
– Prepare resilience kits, including contact details, torch,
phone, batteries, first aid kit, etc.
• Community Engagement: rely less on authorities,
be faster and more efficient / effective
• Story: an urban flooding is complex, many things are happening.
• Goal: showing volunteers or potential volunteers that there are many different roles. They can bring some kind of competence.
Assistance welcome:
Helping to create a digital platform for calculations / calibrations
Serious Game idea so far - Assistance Welcome!
Margot Steenbergen
1. Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC)
2. RCCC work on Games
3. Project description
4. Sub-project description
5. Learning what we think about Games
6. Questions?
Overview Presentation sample
www.climatecentre.org
Margot Steenbergen