Our common Future under Climate Change Session 2233, Wednesday 8 July 17.30, Paris, France Maarten van Aalst Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre & International Research Institute for Climate & Society, Columbia University Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction bridging science, policy and practice
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Our common Future under Climate Change Session 2233, Wednesday 8 July 17.30, Paris, France
Maarten van Aalst Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre &
International Research Institute for Climate & Society, Columbia University
Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction bridging science, policy and practice
climate and disasters
understanding risk
In many parts of the world communities are already noticing
changes to climate and weather patters, or ‘funny weather’
Local experts
Example (Sri Lanka): rainfall change
Long term average New record highs
IPCC Special Report
Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters
to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)
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Increasing vulnerability, exposure, or severity and
frequency of climate events increases disaster risk
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Disaster risk management and climate change adaptation can influence the degree to which extreme events translate into impacts and disasters
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Increasing vulnerability, exposure, or severity and frequency of climate events increases disaster risk
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
SOCIOECONOMIC PROCESSES
Socioeconomic Pathways
Adaptation and Mitigation Actions
Governance
CLIMATE
Natural Variability
Anthropogenic Climate Change
RISK Hazards
Exposure
Vulnerability
IMPACTS
EMISSIONS and Land-use
Change
Solutions
managing risk
Managing the risks: heat waves in Europe
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Risk Factors lack of access to
cooling
age
pre-existing health problems poverty and isolation
infrastructure
Risk Management/ Adaptation cooling in public
facilities
warning systems
social care networks urban green space
changes in urban infrastructure
France, August 2003 (over 14,000 dead)
Projected: likely increase in heat wave frequency and very likely
increase in warm days and nights across Europe
Managing the risks: drought in the context of food
security in West Africa
Risk Factors more variable rain population growth ecosystem degradation poor health and education systems
Projected: low confidence in drought projections for West Africa 24