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- Summary:
- This World Bank paper examines the potential implications of climate change for Europe and Central Asian (ECA) countries, outlining challenges facing these regions in terms of mitigating and managing the impact of extreme weather events. The document begins with an assessment of the risk context produced by climate change in ECA countries. The major effects of climate change for the ECA countries are as follow: (i) increases in temperature and decreases in mean precipitation, leading to increases in the frequency and severity of droughts and heat waves; (ii) more frequent and devastating hurricanes; (iii) increases in forest fires due to droughts; and (iv) severe floods and landslides due to greater intensities of wind and rain. The disaster matrix table on page 8 provides a nice overview of the types of hazards found in each ECA country. The document then provides suggestions on adapting to climate change through disaster risk management (DRM). In the following section, the paper examines financial and insurance instruments related to adaptation. It then deals with risk mitigation measures and emergency management issues. At the end, the study recommends several measures in the areas of financial and fiscal policy, disaster risk mitigation, and emergency management. The document notes several deficiencies related to DRM in ECA countries. These include: (i) failure to institutionalize the concept of hazard risk management: (ii) hazard warning and monitoring systems that require improvement; (iii) failure to fully integrate disaster risks into investment decisions; (iv) failure to fully utilize catastrophe risk financing tools; (v) insufficient funding of DRM investments; and (vi) information and communication systems that require upgrading (p.18). Table 4 (p.19) grades each ECA country in ten specific areas of DRM, with the grades being: good (G), satisfactory (S), needs improvement/not available (N), and under development (U). In the last section, the paper provides several recommendations: (i) improve adaptive capacities; (ii) strengthen institutional and legislative DRM framework; (iii) clarify the roles and responsibilities of local and national governmental bodies in risk reduction; (iv) complete hazard risk assessments and hazard maps; (v) strengthen the technical capacity of emergency responders; and (vi) ensure public awareness. ( English )
- Subject:
- General Disaster Risk Management ( English )
- Subject:
- Climate Change ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- Pollner, J., Kryspin-Watson, J., Nieuwejaar, S. (2010). Disaster risk management and climate change adaptation in Europe and Central Asia. The World Bank Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).
- General Note:
- Title from title caption (viewed on October 20, 2010). "This paper----a product of the Sustainable Development Department, Europe and Central Asia Region---is an effort to develop an analytical framework for sector an country dialog on climate change adaptation."
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- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
- Rights Management:
- Refer to main document/publisher for use rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13042470
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