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Disaster risk
management
Key messages in Module 16
• Southeast Asia & the Pacific are highly vulnerable to
extreme weather & climate events & disasters, with
a history of significant impacts on humans & society
• Disaster risk management is a structured process
for increasing resilience
• International process through UN International
Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction is followed
– Hyogo Framework for Action
• Early warning & response systems are effective
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Module 16 outline
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Multiple sources of Early warning & response
vulnerability UNISDR Hyogo Disaster risk
Framework for Action
management vs. systems
adaptation
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Multiple sources of
vulnerability to
disasters in SE Asia &
the Pacific 4
Weather events
in the Philippines
2009
Source: Gero
et al. (2011) 21
Climate change adaptation vs.
disaster risk reduction
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Principal components of an EWS
1. Identification & forecasting of weather
conditions
2. Prediction of possible health outcomes
3. Effective & timely response plan
4. Ongoing monitoring & evaluation of the
system & its components
5. Communication plan
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Development & use of climate
information
• Data
– Spatial & temporal coverage of critical weather
variables
• Methods
– Simple correlation, trend analysis etc.
• Acceptability / credibility
– Timely, relevant, compatible with existing decision-
making protocols, accessible
• Context
– Early warning systems are not contingent on climate
information alone
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Predicted vs. observed rainfall, Micronesia
& American Samoa
Source: School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology Hawaii (2009) 29
Components of a response plan
• Where the response plan will be implemented
• When interventions will be implemented,
including thresholds for action
• What interventions will be implemented
• How the response plan will be implemented
• To whom the interventions will be
communicated
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Source: IFRC (2012) 36
What we covered in Module 16
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Multiple sources of
Early warning & response
vulnerability UNISDR Hyogo Disaster risk
Framework for Action
management vs. systems
adaptation
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Learning from Module 16
• Southeast Asia & the Pacific are highly vulnerable
to extreme weather & climate events & disasters,
with a history of significant impacts on humans &
society
• Disaster risk management is a structured process
for increasing resilience
• International process through UN International
Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction is followed
– Hyogo Framework for Action
• Early warning & response systems are effective
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What action will you
take in your work,
given what you learnt
in Module 16?
Coming up next…
Panel discussion
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