Green Recovery And Reconstruction: Training Toolkit For Humanitarian Aid

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Disaster Risk Reduction

Session 3: Ecosystem-based Risk Reduction, Climate and Risk

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This morning we discussed…

Links between disaster risk & environment

Ecosystem-basedDRR activities

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Mitigate neg. impactson the environment

How to Integrate environment into DRR assessments

Now we’lldiscuss..

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Participant Experience

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Climate and Risk

We will discuss links between climate and risk, with reference to climate change and climate variability.

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Climate Change and Variability

Climate variability: Short-term (days to months) changes in local weather conditions when compared to average conditions

El Nino is climate variability

Climate change: Change in the underlying average of weather conditions over a period of a decade or more

The Little Ice age (1250-1850) is climate change

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Climate Adaptation ActionsConsider these actions when planning new projects:

Contact local government officials or experts to determine the predicted impacts from climate change within the project area.

Include specific measures to address predicted changes in climate extremes in the next 5-10 years (e.g., worsening drought, greater frequency of flooding, more intense cyclones)?

Incorporate the consequences of longer-term, regional climate change effects (e.g., heat stress from rising temperatures, reduced stream flow due to loss of snow pack, sea level rise).

Consider alternative activities in terms of their ability to account for future climate risks.

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What Should DRR Do?

Should DRR focus on: Climate Change or Climate Variability?

In your answer, consider: Climate variability is the floods, droughts and heat

waves which you will experience tomorrow. Climate change is the long-term worsening or

improvement in the scale and impact of these events.

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Recall Ecosystem Services

They include Provisioning services Regulating services Supporting services Cultural services

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The Logic of Using Ecosystems-based Activities for DRR

Healthy ecosystems are important for healthy human environments, livelihoods and well being.

Ecosystems provide essential services.

Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction activities protects these ecosystem servicesand helps them be sustainable.

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Ecosystem-based DRR Exercise

1. Divide into teams of 3 or 4 participants .

2. Review the exercise scenario and list of hazards.

3. Read the description of the ecosystem your group has been assigned and the attached table.

4. The column on the right of this table is for you to list your ideas for DRR strategies/activities that address each of the hazards that are relevant to the location of the ecosystem.

5. Review Select Ecosystem-based Hazard Mitigation Activities (in handout 9.3.1).

6. Generate your suggestions for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction strategies or activities.

7. Record answers in electronic file on a laptop (if available)

8. You have 35 minutes for the exercise. Be prepared to present your ideas to the full plenary. See Handout 9.3.1

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BREAK Time

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