Acting Today for Tomorrow : A Policy and Practice Note for Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Development in the Pacific Islands Region, with Supporting Research, Analysis, and Case Studies
Pacific island countries continue to be among the most vulnerable in the world: they combine high exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with low capacity to manage the resulting risks. Their vulnerability is exacerbated by poorly planne...
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ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACIDIFICATION ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCES ALLOCATION ATMOSPHERE BANKS BENEFIT ANALYSIS BUILDING CODES CAPITAL COST CATALYSTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CIVIL DEFENCE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INITIATIVE CLIMATE CHANGE FUND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE EVENTS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE MONITORING CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE- PROOF CLIMATE-PROOF CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO COLORS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COST ANALYSES COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DAMAGES DECISION MAKING DECLARATION DEFORESTATION DEMAND FLUCTUATIONS DESALINATION DEVASTATION DISASTER DISASTER EMERGENCY DISASTER EVENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER REPORT DISASTER REPORTED DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTERS DISCOUNT RATE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DISTILLATION DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS DIVISION OF LABOR DONOR COORDINATION DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DATA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM ELECTRIC UTILITIES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EXTREME EVENT EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME NATURAL HAZARD EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME WEATHER FARMERS FATALITIES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISHERIES FLOOD FLOOD FORECASTING FLOODING FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SHORTAGES FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FORESTRY FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUELS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING HEAT WAVES HIGH TEMPERATURES HURRICANE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND-USE CHANGE LOWER COSTS MANAGING CLIMATE CHANGE METEOROLOGY NATIONAL CLIMATE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRESENT VALUE RAINFALL REDUCING EMISSIONS REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT RELIEF REPLACEMENT COSTS RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES SAFETY SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT SOCIAL COSTS SOUTHERN OSCILLATION SUBSTITUTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL CYCLONES TSUNAMI TSUNAMI RECOVERY TSUNAMIS UNEP UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WARNING SYSTEM WARNING SYSTEMS WATER TANKS WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER EVENTS WIND WIND SPEEDS WIND STORMS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION |
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ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACIDIFICATION ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCES ALLOCATION ATMOSPHERE BANKS BENEFIT ANALYSIS BUILDING CODES CAPITAL COST CATALYSTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CIVIL DEFENCE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INITIATIVE CLIMATE CHANGE FUND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE EVENTS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE MONITORING CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE- PROOF CLIMATE-PROOF CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO COLORS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COST ANALYSES COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DAMAGES DECISION MAKING DECLARATION DEFORESTATION DEMAND FLUCTUATIONS DESALINATION DEVASTATION DISASTER DISASTER EMERGENCY DISASTER EVENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER REPORT DISASTER REPORTED DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTERS DISCOUNT RATE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DISTILLATION DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS DIVISION OF LABOR DONOR COORDINATION DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DATA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM ELECTRIC UTILITIES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EXTREME EVENT EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME NATURAL HAZARD EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME WEATHER FARMERS FATALITIES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISHERIES FLOOD FLOOD FORECASTING FLOODING FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SHORTAGES FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FORESTRY FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUELS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING HEAT WAVES HIGH TEMPERATURES HURRICANE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND-USE CHANGE LOWER COSTS MANAGING CLIMATE CHANGE METEOROLOGY NATIONAL CLIMATE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRESENT VALUE RAINFALL REDUCING EMISSIONS REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT RELIEF REPLACEMENT COSTS RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES SAFETY SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT SOCIAL COSTS SOUTHERN OSCILLATION SUBSTITUTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL CYCLONES TSUNAMI TSUNAMI RECOVERY TSUNAMIS UNEP UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WARNING SYSTEM WARNING SYSTEMS WATER TANKS WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER EVENTS WIND WIND SPEEDS WIND STORMS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION World Bank Acting Today for Tomorrow : A Policy and Practice Note for Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Development in the Pacific Islands Region, with Supporting Research, Analysis, and Case Studies |
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East Asia and Pacific Oceania |
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Pacific island countries continue to be
among the most vulnerable in the world: they combine high
exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with low
capacity to manage the resulting risks. Their vulnerability
is exacerbated by poorly planned socioeconomic development,
which has increased exposure and disaster losses, and by
climate change, which has increased the magnitude of
cyclones, droughts, and flooding. Currently, inefficient
management of risks negates development gains and incurs
large costs for national and local governments. Progress in
reducing vulnerability has been retarded in part because of
fundamental problems with coordination and cooperation among
relevant actors at all levels. 'acting today for
tomorrow' provides case studies, data, and analysis
from the Pacific region to make a case for climate-and
disaster-resilient development as being the most appropriate
way to address the above challenges. It outlines what the
consequences are of not acting today to reduce risk, what
important lessons have emerged from the last decade, and
what must be done to move toward resilient development in
Pacific island countries. The document is intended for an
audience of practitioners and policymakers at all levels
across all relevant sectors. Its analysis and
recommendations are meant to inform disaster risk reduction
(DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) planning across a
range of institutions. Over the last decade, some important
lessons have emerged about what works, and what does not
work, to reduce vulnerability. It is clear now that
project-based DRR and CCA initiatives with relatively short
time frames encourage fragmented efforts, inhibit carryover
across initiatives, and ultimately do little to reduce
underlying vulnerability in a lasting way. To achieve robust
and effective political authority, leadership, and
accountability for more resilient development, governments
should anchor coordination of DRR and CCA in a high level
central ministry/body both at national and regional levels
and ensure that leaders are knowledgeable about disaster and
climate risk management. |
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Acting Today for Tomorrow : A Policy and Practice Note for Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Development in the Pacific Islands Region, with Supporting Research, Analysis, and Case Studies |
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Acting Today for Tomorrow : A Policy and Practice Note for Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Development in the Pacific Islands Region, with Supporting Research, Analysis, and Case Studies |
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Acting Today for Tomorrow : A Policy and Practice Note for Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Development in the Pacific Islands Region, with Supporting Research, Analysis, and Case Studies |
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Acting Today for Tomorrow : A Policy and Practice Note for Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Development in the Pacific Islands Region, with Supporting Research, Analysis, and Case Studies |
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Acting Today for Tomorrow : A Policy and Practice Note for Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Development in the Pacific Islands Region, with Supporting Research, Analysis, and Case Studies |
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acting today for tomorrow : a policy and practice note for climate- and disaster-resilient development in the pacific islands region, with supporting research, analysis, and case studies |
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2017 |
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okr-10986-267762021-04-23T14:04:38Z Acting Today for Tomorrow : A Policy and Practice Note for Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Development in the Pacific Islands Region, with Supporting Research, Analysis, and Case Studies World Bank ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACIDIFICATION ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCES ALLOCATION ATMOSPHERE BANKS BENEFIT ANALYSIS BUILDING CODES CAPITAL COST CATALYSTS CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CIVIL DEFENCE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INITIATIVE CLIMATE CHANGE FUND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY CLIMATE CHANGES CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE EVENTS CLIMATE INFORMATION CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE MONITORING CLIMATE PROOFING CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE RISK CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE RISKS CLIMATE VARIABILITY CLIMATE- PROOF CLIMATE-PROOF CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO COLORS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONFRONTING CLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COST ANALYSES COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS COST-BENEFIT COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS DAMAGES DECISION MAKING DECLARATION DEFORESTATION DEMAND FLUCTUATIONS DESALINATION DEVASTATION DISASTER DISASTER EMERGENCY DISASTER EVENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RELIEF DISASTER REPORT DISASTER REPORTED DISASTER RESPONSE DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTERS DISCOUNT RATE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE DISTILLATION DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTS DIVISION OF LABOR DONOR COORDINATION DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DATA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM ELECTRIC UTILITIES EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS EXTREME EVENT EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME NATURAL HAZARD EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME WEATHER FARMERS FATALITIES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL RESOURCES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISHERIES FLOOD FLOOD FORECASTING FLOODING FLOODS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SHORTAGES FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOREST FOREST DEGRADATION FORESTRY FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUELS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GLOBAL WARMING HEAT WAVES HIGH TEMPERATURES HURRICANE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LAND-USE CHANGE LOWER COSTS MANAGING CLIMATE CHANGE METEOROLOGY NATIONAL CLIMATE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCE BASE NATURAL RESOURCES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH PRESENT VALUE RAINFALL REDUCING EMISSIONS REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT RELIEF REPLACEMENT COSTS RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE RISK ASSESSMENT RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL COMMUNITIES SAFETY SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT SOCIAL COSTS SOUTHERN OSCILLATION SUBSTITUTION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE TROPICAL CYCLONE TROPICAL CYCLONES TSUNAMI TSUNAMI RECOVERY TSUNAMIS UNEP UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE WARNING SYSTEM WARNING SYSTEMS WATER TANKS WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER EVENTS WIND WIND SPEEDS WIND STORMS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Pacific island countries continue to be among the most vulnerable in the world: they combine high exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with low capacity to manage the resulting risks. Their vulnerability is exacerbated by poorly planned socioeconomic development, which has increased exposure and disaster losses, and by climate change, which has increased the magnitude of cyclones, droughts, and flooding. Currently, inefficient management of risks negates development gains and incurs large costs for national and local governments. Progress in reducing vulnerability has been retarded in part because of fundamental problems with coordination and cooperation among relevant actors at all levels. 'acting today for tomorrow' provides case studies, data, and analysis from the Pacific region to make a case for climate-and disaster-resilient development as being the most appropriate way to address the above challenges. It outlines what the consequences are of not acting today to reduce risk, what important lessons have emerged from the last decade, and what must be done to move toward resilient development in Pacific island countries. The document is intended for an audience of practitioners and policymakers at all levels across all relevant sectors. Its analysis and recommendations are meant to inform disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) planning across a range of institutions. Over the last decade, some important lessons have emerged about what works, and what does not work, to reduce vulnerability. It is clear now that project-based DRR and CCA initiatives with relatively short time frames encourage fragmented efforts, inhibit carryover across initiatives, and ultimately do little to reduce underlying vulnerability in a lasting way. To achieve robust and effective political authority, leadership, and accountability for more resilient development, governments should anchor coordination of DRR and CCA in a high level central ministry/body both at national and regional levels and ensure that leaders are knowledgeable about disaster and climate risk management. 2017-05-30T19:49:38Z 2017-05-30T19:49:38Z 2012 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/351471468098049265/Acting-today-for-tomorrow-a-policy-and-practice-note-for-climate-and-disaster-resilient-development-in-the-pacific-islands-region-with-supporting-research-analysis-and-case-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26776 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific Oceania |