Roles of Pacific regional organizations in disaster risk management

Hay John E. - Brookings Institution, the, 2013

This report documents the current contributions of Pacific regional organizations to disaster risk management (DRM) and explores the potential for them to play more substantial and active roles in the future. Although regional mechanisms are playing increasingly important roles in DRM, there has been remarkably little research on their contributions and few published studies on their comparative advantages. At a global level, this recent Brookings study sought to address this gap by summarizing the work of more than thirty regional organizations involved in DRM, drawing some comparisons and ge ...

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 Roles of Pacific regional organizations in disaster risk management

  Available online: https://www.brookings.edu/research/roles-of-pacific-regional-organizations-in-di [...]

John E. Hay

Published by: Brookings Institution, the ; 2013

This report documents the current contributions of Pacific regional organizations to disaster risk management (DRM) and explores the potential for them to play more substantial and active roles in the future. Although regional mechanisms are playing increasingly important roles in DRM, there has been remarkably little research on their contributions and few published studies on their comparative advantages. At a global level, this recent Brookings study sought to address this gap by summarizing the work of more than thirty regional organizations involved in DRM, drawing some comparisons and generalizations about the work of thirteen in particular. The present study also seeks to address the gap through an in-depth assessment of the Pacific islands region.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)

Tags: Natural hazards ; Disaster Risk Management (DRM) ; Region V - South-West Pacific Add tag

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Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Pacific : an institutional and policy analysis

Hay John E.; United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR); et al. - UN/ISDR, 2012

This study provides an analysis of the current level of integration of DRR and CCA in the region, with an emphasis on the policy and institutional environment. The report outlines some of the barriers to integration and makes recommendations on how they can be addressed. The analysis presented includes seven PICs (Cook Islands, FSM, Fiji, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu).The countries analysed are typical in terms of the current low level of integration of DRR and CCA.This report also explores how and why the fields of DRR and CCA have developed in parallel globally as well as in the Pacific, ...

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 Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the Pacific: an institutional and policy analysis

  Available online: http://www.preventionweb.net/files/26725_26725drrandccainthepacificaninstitu.pdf

John E. Hay ; United Nations Development Programme ; United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction ; Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the

Published by: UN/ISDR ; 2012

This study provides an analysis of the current level of integration of DRR and CCA in the region, with an emphasis on the policy and institutional environment. The report outlines some of the barriers to integration and makes recommendations on how they can be addressed. The analysis presented includes seven PICs (Cook Islands, FSM, Fiji, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu).The countries analysed are typical in terms of the current low level of integration of DRR and CCA.This report also explores how and why the fields of DRR and CCA have developed in parallel globally as well as in the Pacific, rather than being more integrated. The main objective of this study is to provide an analysis of the current level of integration of DRR and CCA in the region, with an emphasis on the policy and institutional environment. The report outlines some of the challenges and barriers to integration, evolving good practice towards integration and provides recommendations for regional and national stakeholders for further action.

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)

ISBN (or other code): 978-982-533-001-1

Tags: Climate ; Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Region V - South-West Pacific ; Cook Islands ; Fiji ; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Samoa ; Vanuatu Add tag

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