SHELTER & THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE Graham Saunders Head, Shelter Department, IFRC Shelter &...
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International Federationof Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
SHELTER & THE CLIMATE CHANGE
CHALLENGE Graham Saunders
Head, Shelter Department, IFRC
Shelter & Climate Change
Brussels Nov 2008
BUILDING BACK BETTER Graham Saunders
Head, Shelter Department, IFRC
International Federationof Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Building back better….mitigation and adaptation Addressing causes
and consequences
Field realities – practical action
Key principles
Shelter & Climate Change
Brussels Nov 2008
International Federationof Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Addressing causes and consequences Environmentally-
aware approaches to shelter & settlement to reduce contribution to climate change
Appropriate shelter & settlement responses to minimise impact of climate change
Shelter & Climate Change
Brussels Nov 2008
International Federationof Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Philippines post-typhoons …
Shelter & Climate Change
Brussels Nov 2008
Scale of need
Shelter vulnerabilities
Promoting safe shelter
Local replicability
International Federationof Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Sudan post-floods …
Shelter & Climate Change
Brussels Nov 2008
Incremental disaster
Existing coping strategies
Shelter & livelihoods
Awareness-raising for all
International Federationof Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Building back better means…. Understanding
and reducing shelter & settlement risks and vulnerabilities
Promoting better or changed practices in settlement planning, approach to construction and preparedness
Shelter & Climate Change
Brussels Nov 2008
International Federationof Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Contact:[email protected]
See:www.ifrc.org
Shelter & Climate Change
Brussels Nov 2008
