Parallel structures for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in Southern Africa

A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change

This paper describes and explains the enthusiasm for adaptation and uses it as a foundation to develop a new non-governmental initiative entitled “Adapt and Thrive Now”. The paper, which serves as an introduction to the programme, is structured as follows. In Section II some of the key concepts are elaborated. Section III briefly outlines the current climate regime; the institutions, programmes...

The Role of Ecosystem Management in Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction

Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Disaster Risk Reduction in Urban Contexts: Perceptions and Practice

This paper analyses the perceptions of disaster risk reduction (DRR) practitioners concerning the on-going integration of climate change adaptation (CCA) into their practices in urban contexts in Nicaragua. Understanding their perceptions is important as this will provide information on how this integration can be improved. Exploring the perceptions of practitioners in Nicaragua is important as...

Nation-building policies in Timor-Leste: disaster risk reduction, including climate change adaptation

Few studies have explored the relationships between nation-building, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Focusing on small island developing states, this paper examines nation-building in Timor-Leste, a small island developing state that recently achieved independence. Nation-building in Timor-Leste is explored in the context of disaster risk reduction, which necessarily incl...

Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Development Planning and Decision-making Processes: The Philippines Experience

As global climate change escalates, the risk of floods, droughts and severe storms increases. In the Philippines, one of the countries in the world that is highly prone to natural hazards, the situation is further aggravated by the effects of climate change. While natural hazards and climate change cannot be prevented from happening, the vicious cycle of disasters and underdevelopment can be re...