Disaster risk reduction tools and methods for climate change adaptation

This paper provides a brief description of disaster risk reduction and then reviews a selection of tools that can provide an effective framework for combining the knowledge and experiences from the disaster management and climate change communities to build adaptive capacity.

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Date:

2004

Pages:

22 p.

Sources:

United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat (UNISDR)

Keywords

Themes:: Climate Change, Governance
Hazards:: Drought, Flood

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