Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation into Development Policies and Planning Workshop - Manila, Philippines

Background

Typhoon Hagupit, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ruby, was one of the most intense tropical cyclones in 2014, tied with Typhoon Vongfong in terms of maximum sustained winds. Typhoon Hagupit particularly impacted the Philippines in early December 2014. Hagupit, the twenty-second named storm and the eleventh typhoon of the annual typhoon season, started as a tropical storm on December 1 and then became a typhoon the next day. A day after it left at least 21 people dead, according to the Red Cross, and sent more than a million others into shelters in the Philippines.

This storm comes one year after the central Philippines were devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan, that claimed more than 6,300 lives, displacing four (4) million, and cost the economy around $12 billion in damages. The policies adopted by the Philippines toward disaster preparedness and response are reflective of the actions being taken by governments and communities around Asia and the Pacific. This involves taking a broader view of managing disasters, often called disaster resilience. Disaster resilience encompasses actions beyond simply responding to and recovering from disasters. It seeks to focus funding, expertise, programs, and policies on how to make communities better able to absorb the shocks related to disasters. This involves early warning systems, improved public information programs, better coordinated evacuation procedures, and a host of other measures. UNISDR is closely partnering with the Philippines to support development of more disaster resilient cities and communities. After Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda hit the Philippines in November 2013, UNISDR have been actively engages through its Regional and Sub-regional offices and the UNISDR Global Education and Training Institute (GETI) to providing needed capacity development, policy advise and tailored technical assistance to national and local government to be able to conduct assessment of disaster risks at national and local levels as well as providing needed tools, methodology and training to support the process of the Resilience Action Plans preparations based on findings of the previously conducted disaster risk assessment exercises. Asia and the Pacific region and Philippine is particularly vulnerable to disasters. Between 1970 and 2010, disasters and natural hazards caused an estimated 1.7 million deaths in the region, which was more than half the global total. Extreme weather events are expected to increase in the years to come because of the onset of climate change.

Section & Modules

Section1: DRR & CCA Concepts

Section 2: Understanding Adapting and Using the tools to conduct assessment of Disaster Risks and Develop Resilient Countries/Cities Action Plans

Section 3: Planning the way forward

Module 1: DRR and CCA Concepts and Current Tendencies in Mainstreaming DRR and CCA into Development Policies, Frameworks and Programmes

Module 2: Getting to know the UNISDR 10 Essentials/Principles for Building National and City Resilience. Case study for each of 10 Essentials for Resilience

Module 3: Applying the Disaster Resilience Scorecard Tool, to conduct assessment and analysis of Disaster Risks at national and local level

Module 4: Concepts and Case Studies of Mainstreaming DRR and CCA for Sustainable Development Through Sectoral Programmes (i.e. Governance, Financing DRR, Climate Change, Environment, Risk Based Land Use Management & Planning, Critical Infrastructure, Housing, Livelihood Protection, Safe Schools and Hospitals, Early Warning Systems, etc.)

Module 5: Developing and implementing Resilience Action Plan. Proposed Methodology with Steps and the Approach.

Module 6: Setting Indicators for Resilience Action Plan Monitoring, Evaluating & Follow up

Module 7: Building Effective Partnerships at all levels and Developing a Strategy/Roadmap for finalizing, endorsing, linking and effectively implementing Resilience Action Plans

Module 8: Sharing experiences, best practices and models for Country-to-Country and Capacity Development models and programs

Module 9: Scaling up Disaster Risk Assessment and Resilience Action Plans Preparation Process at Regional and Local level.

Module:10: Ensuring Greater Impact of the Resilience Action Plans and Facilitating Change Process at National, Regional and Local level