Germany: DKKV launches study on DRR and climate change adaptation

Against the background of increasing extreme weather events a study just released by the German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction (DKKV)  'Addressing the Challenge: Recommendations and Quality Criteria for Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change', emphasizes the importance of climate change adaptation. It states that adaptation to climate change must be integrated into all different sectors: from urban planning to humanitarian aid. At the same time disaster prevention must become an integral component of adaptation strategies and both fields need to be strongly linked.

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Die Studie hebt vor dem Hintergrund zunehmender extremer Wetterereignisse die Bedeutung der Anpassung an den Klimawandel hervor. Die Anpassung an Klimawandel muss in die verschiedenen Sektoren integriert werden: von der Stadtplanung bis hin zur Humanitären Hilfe. Gleichzeitig muss die Katastrophenvorsorge integraler Bestandteil der Anpassungsstrategien werden und die beiden Bereiche eng miteinander verzahnt werden.