Assessing progress on integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in development processes
SCR discussion paper 2:
This review provides a snapshot of current levels of convergence of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) at multiple scales and in doing so, conducts some of the analysis absent from the 2009 UNISDR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR/DRR). It does this by: (i) assessing the similarities and differences between DRR and CCA; (ii) examining what is at stake if the two agendas do not converge; (iii) presenting updated evidence of where DRR and CCA are already converging; and (iv) re-evaluating obstacles to further convergence.
The material presented in this review is drawn from analysis of the 2009 country reports covering progress toward implementing the 2005 Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), National Action Plans for Climate Change and National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) across several countries, consultation with a series of key actors from bilateral, multilateral organisations and non-government organisations (NGOs) working in this area and from the authors' own experiences of working in these fields.