Approaching climate and disasters in an age of uncertainty: case studies and insights for the High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP)
This publication aims to bridge the gap between climate and disasters, in the face of the uncertainties that climate change poses to water managers and policymakers. Composed of a compilation of worldwide case studies, it provides examples of innovative water management and climate risk assessment approaches. The publication also highlights the National Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) with the aim of identifying links between these high-level frameworks, DRR and water issues, and describing how the policy-practice linkages can be turned into action.
The following is some of the recommendations that are intended to provide the HELP with tangible, policy-oriented steps in creating “triple-win” actions that simultaneously promote disaster resilience, climate adaptation, and sustainable development:
- Promote coordination across ministries and levels of government.
- Support integration and coherence of policies across global frameworks for DRR, CCA, and SDGs.
- Include monitoring and evaluation systems in DRR and CCA programming.
- At the project scale, use risk-based, bottom-up approaches to evaluate alternative interventions rather than projecting and optimizing for a future climate state.
- Recognize that disasters and waterrelated extreme events will undergo large shifts in intensity, frequency, spatial extent, duration, and timing — and plan accordingly.
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