LIVING WITH RISK

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LIVING WITH RISK AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO
REDUCING SOCIETAL VULNERABILITY TO DROUGHT ISDR
AD HOC DISCUSSION GROUP ON DROUGHT
ISDR TF7. 10-11 April 2003
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Society Vulnerable to Drought
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Society Resilient to Drought
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Identified Critical Issues

• Supporting systematic collection and processing
  of meteorological and hydrological observations
• Building and strengthening scientific networks
• Developing an inventory of climate and water
  resources indicators and indices
• Improved understanding of the drought
  climatology
• Understanding the principal causes of drought at
  local, regional, and global levels
• Decision support models for the dissemination of
  drought-related information
• Development and dissemination of
  vulnerability/risk assessment tools (social and
  environmental)
• Dissemination of drought planning methodologies
  to drought-prone countries
• Development of national and regional drought
  management policies
• Support development of regional networks for
  drought preparedness that would build greater
  institutional capacity at the local, national,
  and regional capacity, sharing lessons learned in
  drought monitoring, prediction, vulnerability
  assessment, preparedness, and policy development
• Education and awareness of policy makers and the
  public
• Enhancement of collaboration between regional and
  international organizations

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Recommendations

• ISDRs Ad Hoc Drought Discussion Group, should
  continue to collaborate on how to implement
  actions designed to achieve the integrated
  approach to reducing societal vulnerability to
  drought, primarily through email contact between
  members of the discussion group. Report
  semi-annually or annually to the Inter-Agency
  Task Force, as appropriate.
• The Group recommend that UN/ISDR should support
  fundraising jointly with partners
• UN/ISDR should develop jointly with relevant UN
  and non-UN technical institution, a proposal for
  the further development of a global network on
  drought preparedness
• the proposal for a global drought preparedness
  network should be further consult with additional
  relevant organizations for the purpose of
  involving them gradually in the networking
  process.
• UN/ISDR should play a critical role in fostering
  the further development of regional drought
  preparedness networks, resource mobilization to
  support these networks, and coordinating
  activities between the regions.
• UN/ISDR should facilitate development of an
  information clearinghouse on drought management.

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Proposed Global Drought Risk Reduction Network
PARTNERS FAO, WMO, UNDP, UNEP, UNCCD, IFAD,
Worldbank, UN Regional Economic Commissions,
others regional Organizations, the NDMC/IDIC at
the University of Nebraska, The IRI/Columbia
University, DMCs, ACMAD, Global Fire Monitoring
Center, and other key partners at the regional
and national level.
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Proposed Activities/Drought Network

• Organize regional workshops to launch the
  regional Networks and identify partners and
  coordinating institutions, as well as the primary
  objectives and activities of the regional
  network
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•  Organize a workshop in Geneva to launch the
  global process and identify partners, donors,
  common goals for the regional networks, and
  appropriate coordinating mechanisms
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•  Establishment of a global website, managed by
  ISDR-Secretariat and linked with regional
  websites
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•   Identify activities to bring together natural
  and social scientists to implement the vision of
  drought management proposed by the ISDR Drought
  Discussion Group.

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Linkages

• UNCCD
• UNFCCC
• Early Warning Process and Conference
• Wildland Fire
• European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
• IFAD, Dryland Development Center, FAO, WMO,
  UNEP, Development Banks, Regional Commissions,
  Technical Institutions (DMCs, ACMAD, NDMC/IDIC,
  GFMC,etc),