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- Summary:
- This document is a product of the Climate and Disaster Governance (CDG) project initiated by Christian Aid and the Institute of Development Studies in 2007. It advocates for integrating Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) by presenting cases of effective climate-related disaster risk management from around the world. Several case studies are highlighted in this document. They include social protection in Ethiopia, accountability and DRR linkage in the Philippines, index-based disaster insurance as a tool for CCA, and the institutional arrangements necessary for integrating national policies on CCA and DRR. The chapter on social protection in Ethiopia examines the potential impacts of future weather patterns on agricultural livelihoods and how this may influence government policies on social protection (p.4-9). The chapter on accountability and DRR linkage in the Philippines argues that state accountability needs to be properly operationalized. The chapter on index-based insurance discusses the potential benefits of weather insurance for disaster risk management. The next chapter examines the institutional arrangements for a better integration of CCA and DRR by looking at several countries: Honduras, Tanzania, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Philippines, Kenya, India, Bangladesh, and Mongolia. The final chapter discusses the three part Climate Smart Disaster Risk Management approach: tackle changing disaster risks and uncertainties, enhance adaptive capacity, and address poverty and vulnerability and their structural causes. It is argued in the document that more diversified and holistic social protection programs are necessary to lessen disaster risks. To undertake such programs, the Ethiopia chapter calls for protective, preventive, promotive, and transformative measures that may involve livelihood support packages, school feeding programs, land ownership rights, public-private cooperation, improving public sector governance, and regulatory policies for wage laborers (p.7). Along with social protection, accountability to the public is also critical to reducing disaster risks. Three important components of establishing a favorable context for state accountability include establishing genuine forms of public participation, creating and enacting relevant legislation and implementation frameworks, and widespread engagement of citizens claiming their rights and holding government to account (p.12). ( English )
- Subject:
- Climate Change and Governance ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- Exploring climate change and disaster governance issues. The Institute of Development Studies, Christian Aid, UKAID, UK Department for International Development (DFID
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