Adaptation to climate change by reducing disaster risks: country practices and lessons

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Adaptation to climate change by reducing disaster risks: country practices and lessons [1]

With the threat of increased disasters from climate change, many countries are already taking steps to reduce their vulnerability to weather and climatic hazards, such as floods, cyclones, heatwaves and droughts. Adaptation to climate change is a relatively new concern, but it can call on a rich tradition spanning many decades of practices to reduce disaster risks. The present note reports on examples of recent experience in eight countries where national and local governments and civil society participants have worked to strengthen their disaster risk reduction and adaptation actions. These cases, along with similar experience in other countries, provide a number of useful insights and lessons for climate change negotiators and policymakers, development planners, and managers and practitioners at national and local levels.

Publication Date:

01/11/2009

Source: UNISDR [2]

Tags:

Climate Change [3], Climate Adaptation [4], Disaster Management [5], Disaster Preparedness [6], South Africa [7], Maldives [8], Philippines [9], Vietnam [10], Samoa Island [11], Peru [12], India [13], Pune (D) [14], London [15]

Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/adaptation-climate-change-reducing-disaster-risks-country-practices-and-lessons-0

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