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An-R&R 25 9 04 THEMATIC Institutionalising CSDRM Approach: Towards Effective Results to Cope against Climate Change here are increasing amounts of "The priorities and needs of the researched on how CSDRM evidence to show that India's approaches can be institutionalised. T both rural and urban communities, coastal states are being affected by and the projects implemented by climate change and that vulnerability The CSDRM approach has been which is already high is set to rise the governmental and non- developed and co-created by more further. Moreover, the frequency and governmental organizations must than five hundred practitioners, severity of natural hazards will be aligned and that main focus policymakers, scientists and increase people's vulnerability and should be on creating a climate academics from climate change, exposure. In order to equip the smart livelihood resilient society disasters and development community to lead with the impacts in Odisha. This is important and communities in ten 'at-risk' countries of climate change, both agencies and we want to institutionalise the across Africa and Asia. CSDRM community must involve in various CSDRM approach at our approach is an 'integrated social adaptation intervention. organisation". development and disaster risk – Ms Binapani Mishra, management approach that aims Various agencies at governmental Secretary of SWAD simultaneously to reduce risks, adapt to and nongovernmental level are climate change and development'. proactively involved in disaster risk Puri district, Odisha agreed the CSDRM is a process-oriented reduction and are now involved in implementation of Climate Smart approach that provides guidance to climate change concerns. However, Disaster Risk Management Approach stakeholders to systematically given the complexity and range of (CSDRM).1 CSDRM approach is one address climate change, disaster risk issues involved with disaster risk such tool that can be used by reduction and development not only reduction, climate change adaptation, community based organisations to at policy level, but also at the and development; it has become tackle disasters, poverty and implementation level. The approach apparent that a lot more needs to be adaptation through improved draws out different routes through done to support and strengthen the integration. With the support of three central pillars that are divided efforts especially at the ground level. Climate Development and into 3 main silos (below) that have 12 Understanding the threats posed by Knowledge Network (CDKN); action points (see figure 1): climate change and disaster risk, Intercooperation Social Development 1. Tackle Disaster Risks and Society of Women Action (ICSD), Institute of Development Uncertainties Development (SWAD), a Studies (IDS) and All India Disaster 2. Enhance Adaptive Capacity humanitarian organization based in Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) together 3. Address Poverty, Vulnerability and Their Structural Causes. Steps used to conduct Climate Smart Disaster Management Approach of institutional level SWAD team decided to choose a Steps Actions strength as one of their entry point as Step 1&2: Where are we • Self Assessment Exercise (Reflecting back on they believe that they would be able now? organization's activities, capacities and to build on the activities better. limitations through) SWAD has a lot of experience and Step 3&4: 'Where do we • Identifying potential entry points to apply the expertise to spread awareness and want to be?' and 'What do CSDRM approach information about the disaster risks, we need to do differently?' • Map out integration pathways response and recovery uncertainties, • Develop action points and government policies and climate • To select indicators to measure progress. change impacts. SWAD works as a Step 5: The CSDRM • Monitoring & Review of the progress facilitating organisation between Journey - 'Are we moving • Understanding the internal and external factors towards integration?' that enable or constrain integration efforts. 1 Harris, K., Seballos, F., Siva Villaneuva, Step 6: Looking back - • Evaluations P., and Curmi, P., Changing Climate, Changing Disasters: Pathway Towards 'What has changed, why • Reflections for way ahead Integration (2012) Strengthening Climate and how?' Resilience, Brighton, IDS. 2 southasiadisasters.net Special Issue, December 2013 Each pathway links the action points within the three CSDRM pillars and as the actions are inter-related, they need to be taken together. Figure 1 sets out the overall CSDRM approach with its three core pillars. Each puzzle piece consists of an action point with key indicators. Integrated pathways can be charted by choosing any of the pieces as an entry point and following the corresponding sequence of puzzle pieces. Special Issue, December 2013 southasiadisasters.net 3 technical agencies from different states QUOTES and local people. They have conducted many trainings for spreading awareness, sharing information, knowledge India’s Commitment to CBDRM building. Disaster risk information is made available in the assessment of potential risks and for planning at community level. SWAD aims to focus on to enhance the community resilience to climate risks and to practice community based approach by encouraging discussion spaces to inform about policies and programs. Thus, the entry point chosen by SWAD is Inform. SWAD built on what has already been done which enhances their ability to address challenges. They re-use the concepts and techniques that Photo: ndma.gov.in government and the working bodies are already familiar with such as “NDMA is engaged with the "We need to focus on climate empowerment of local community. In Planning Commission from the change, extreme weather events addition, SWAD improved the present 10th plan period onwards on how and large-scale urbanization, ways of working by including 'climate- DRR can be mainstreamed into which will pose tremendous smart' in each of its future and current development planning. The challenge to all of us." M. Shashidhar Reddy, Hon'ble activities. Approach Paper to the 12th Five- year plan was titled "Faster, Vice Chairman at the World Sustainable and Inclusive Growth". Ministerial Conference on Disaster CSDRM approach provides a guide to To achieve this we have to fully Risk Reduction at Sendai, Japan. SWAD for strategic planning, realise that when disasters strike programme development that should "Urbanisation, industrialization it's the poorest of the poor who be used to assess how 'climate smart' and unplanned development in suffer the most, Therefore, DRR are the existing disaster risk high-risk zones seriously increases assumes paramount importance. management policies, projects and vulnerability to disaster risk. Planning for inclusive growth is programs. SWAD invested its staff and Climate Change adds a different crucial in DRR. Large amount of involved community members to dimension to the whole thing." money and efforts will be invested flexibly adapt technical innovation. A M. Shashidhar Reddy, Vice by the public and private sectors favourable environment was created for Chairman, NDMA, First National during the next five years; thus the implementation of CSDRM Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction. DRR must be mainstreamed approach so that information sharing appropriately.” and decision making can be transparent "Nothing more serious could have M. Shashidhar Reddy, and favourable in and with the been witnessed. It is an example Vice Chairman, NDMA, First of extreme weather events we all community. In addition, the efficiency National Platform for Disasters Risk are concerned about. We need to of these interventions varies in terms of Reduction, May 2013, New Delhi. the ability of different communities and make serious efforts to understand the implication of such disaster to economies to address the climate change "Over the years the trend of hydro- which south Asia is vulnerable. risk through projects like Community meteorological disasters is The pace at which climate change Based Disaster Preparedness. SWAD has increasing along with the climate is taking place... we need to focus been constantly monitoring and induced extreme weather events. on some key areas. A detailed evaluating its efforts so that its efficiency, Although, the number of human assessment of climate change is effectiveness and sustainability are lives lost has been reduced, the needed." guaranteed. CSDRM approach can be economic losses are escalating." M. Shashidhar Reddy on M. Shashidhar Reddy, Vice institutionalised at different levels that Uttarakhand Disaster, South Asia Chairman, NDMA at the Meeting are responsible for managing disasters Regional Consultation on Climate with Planning Commission, Yojana (directly or indirectly) at national, state Change Adaptation (Jun 24, 2013) Bhawan, New Delhi, April 26, 2013. and local level. – AIDMI Team 4 southasiadisasters.net Special Issue, December 2013 ADVOCACY Conference of Parties in Warsaw: What It Hesitated to Discuss? he Conference of Parties (COP) in focusing attention on the following losses suffered by women may not Twas held at Warsaw from three aspects: be fully accounted for and November 11 to November 22, 2013. 1. The loss and damage associated subsequently not rightfully The purpose of this COP was to with climate change in terms of its compensated during contingent explore the opportunities in an adverse effects on human health is times. This dismal fact has been incipient green economy in the an important yet difficult area to
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