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Climate Smart Disaster Risk

Management Approach

An Overview

Presented at the Christian Aid Regional Consultation on Resilience South Asia06-08 Feb 2013, Kathmandu, Nepal


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Why a Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management

approach?

The type, frequency and intensity of extreme events are

expected to change as Earths climate changes (IPCC

2007) This is delivering a catalogue of disaster shocks and

livelihoods stresses to the poorest and most vulnerable

countries and communities.

Development efforts at all scales must become resilient toclimate change and disasters in ways that appreciate

increasing uncertainty.


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To respond, disaster risk managers must:

Triangulate local experiences of changing disaster risks with the

evidence of the climatological and meteorological community

Tackle peoples exposure to disasters.

Help to create adaptive capacity among people, communities and

organisations that helps them deal with surprises and new risks

Tackle the underlying drivers of vulnerability and poverty unless

disaster risk will continue to increase, recognising the role of

climate change in exacerbating these.

Ensure that disaster risk management interventions are

environmentally sustainable and do not unnecessarily emitgreenhouse gases

Characteristics of a Climate Smart Approach


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Overview of the Development of the Approach

Development of the approach through national and

regional consultations in 11 at risk countries in South EastAsia, South Asia and East Africa and 3 cases studies.

Expert Review in February mix of practitioners,

academics and decision makers sought to simplify the

approach in order to operationalise it. Together we identified 3 key pillars:

I. Tackle Changing Disaster Risk and Uncertainties

II. Enhance Adaptive Capacity

III. Address Poverty, Vulnerability and their StructuralCauses


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Pillar I: Tackle Changing Disaster Risk andUncertainties

Supports priority areas of HFA highlighting importance ofcollaboration between multiple actors

Focuses on improved information on risk detailed risk

assessment, based on multiple source of knowledge

Increased access to information by all stakeholders-education, EWS, Information dissemination

Integrating climate change as key consideration.


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Pillar I: TackleChangingDisaster RiskandUncertainties

1a: Strengthen collaboration and integrationbetween diverse stakeholders working on

disasters, climate and development

1b: Periodically assess the effects of climatechange on current and future disaster risks

and uncertainties

1c: Integrate knowledge of changing risks

and uncertainties into planning, policy andprogramme design to reduce the vulnerability

and exposure of peoples lives and livelihoods

1d: Increase access of all stakeholders to

information and support services concerningchanging disaster risks, uncertainties andbroader climate impacts


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Pillar II: Enhance Adaptive Capacity

Adaptive capacity within this approach can be understoodas ourability to manage and create sustainable change.

Promoting adaptive capacity for social systems meansthat institutions and networks learn and use knowledge

and experience, integrate uncertainty,accept non-equilibrium, create flexibility in problem solving andbalance power among interest groups.

From our literature (Bahadur et al, 2010) review we have

identified 10 Characteristics of resilience which promoteadaptive capacity.


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Pillar II: EnhanceAdaptive Capacity

Cont High Levels of Diversity

Flexible and Effective Institutions

Cross Scalar Perspective

Integrating Uncertainty

Ensuring Community Involvement

Promoting Equity

Accepting Non- Equilibrium

Promoting Learning

Preparedness, Planning &

Readiness Social Values and Structures

2a: Strengthen the ability of people,organisations and networks to experiment

and innovate

2b: Promote regular learning and reflectionto improve the implementation of policies and

practices

2c: Ensure policies and practices to tacklechanging disaster risk are flexible,integrated across sectors and scale andhave regular feedback loops

2d: Use tools and methods to plan for

uncertainty and unexpected events


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Pillar III: Address Poverty, Vulnerability andtheir Structural Causes

Focused on MDGs which highlight agreed goals forpoverty reduction, builds on Pressure and Release model

by Wisner ( Root causes underscore the importance of

access to power , structure and resources). A lack of skill

and institutions (organizations) coupled with macroprocess increases vulnerable.

Sought to include key drivers of poverty: social, political,

economic & climatic processes.

Low greenhouse gases & Sustainability.

McGray et

al. 2007


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Pillar III: AddressPoverty,

Vulnerabilityand theirStructuralCauses

3a: Promote more socially just andequitable economic systems

3b: Forge partnerships to ensure the

rights and entitlements of people toaccess basic services, productiveassets and common propertyresources

3c: Empower communities and localauthorities to influence the decisions ofnational governments, NGOs,

international and private sector

organisations and to promote

accountability and transparency

3d: Promote environmentallysensitive and climate smartdevelopment


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Thank You from the SCR team!

Strengthening Climate Resilience (SCR) website:

www.csdrm.org

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