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Volume 9
Climate Change Summit 2018
Journal of Earth Science & Climate Change | ISSN : 2157-7617
November 19-20, 2018 Paris, France
6
th
Global summit on
Climate Change
Climate-change adaptation as a critical approach to minimizing disaster risk: examples from the field in the Global South
Melanie Robertson
and
Michele Leone
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
T
here is a growing evidence of the fact that disaster risk is increasing worldwide and is compounded by climate change. Disaster
risk reduction (DRR) strategies are well established in the international development community and address a variety of hazards.
Climate change also contributes to seasonal fluctuations that have a severe negative effect on natural resource-based livelihoods, both long
and short term. Despite being backed by evidence, this two-way links between vulnerability to disasters and lack to long term adaptation
and resilient development have received limited attention. Development policy is needed to address climate change at the community
level by helping those most affected through climate change adaptation (CCA) strategies; however, there are no standard, internationally
agreed-upon guidelines for the integration of climate-change adaptation and DRR, and while individual countries have developed various
guiding frameworks, these frameworks remain untested. We argue that DRR and CCA have evolved largely along parallel paths, and better
integration of DRR and CCA can help with the creation of climate-resilient development both in pre and post disaster situations. This
presentation highlights the differences and similarities between DRR and CCA by analyzing climate-related DRR in 55 projects funded
through the International Development Research Centre in climate change and natural disasters hot spots. We will also examine lessons
learned, gaps, and opportunities by analyzing CCA and DRR strategies emerging from these projects. Finally, we identify ways forward for
international development policy and international practice, supporting all forms of risk reduction by integrating DRR and CCA strategies.
J Earth Sci Clim Change 2018, Volume:9
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7617-C5-052