Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change: Concepts and Context

UNIT 1. RISK MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE MANAGEMENT The International Context of Disaster Risk Management (The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction) International Context of Climate Change. The IPCC: Climate Change Overview and Scenarios. Concepts Related to Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change and Levels of Articulation Lines of Action for Risk Management and Structural and Nonstructural Interventions for Risk Reduction Risk Management by Scenarios UNIT 2. DISASTER RISK AND CLIMATE CHANGE General Principles of Climate Change The IPCC: General Principles and Scenarios of Climate Change The Relationship Between Development, Risk, and Disasters (Risk Construction) and the Effects and Impacts of Climate Variability and Climate Change Extensive and Intensive Risks and Their Impact on Human Development Inequalities and Conditions of Vulnerability, and the Impacts and Effects of Climate Variability and Climate Change UNIT 3. SYSTEMIC APPROACH TO DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE MANAGEMENT Areas of risk management and climate change (from the institutional to the sectoral, private, territorial, and community levels) Stakeholders and Actions for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Management Planning Tools for Risk Management and Climate Change Institutional Framework, Entities, and Organizations for the Implementation and Monitoring of Actions Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Climate Change UNIT 4. FOCUS ON PROCESSES AND STRATEGIES FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF DISASTER RISK AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE What does the process-based approach entail (a shift from the traditional emergency and disaster response approach) in the context of climate variability and change Strategic Processes: Planning, Organization, and Monitoring Core Processes: Risk Assessment, Risk Reduction, and Disaster Management Support Processes: Strengthening Human Resource Capacity, Public Communication, and Information Strategies for Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management in the Context of Climate Variability and Climate Change