RESEARCH & POLICY ANALYSIS
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 139 Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience for Climate Action through Risk-informed Governance
January 16, 2023
Key Messages
- Governments that consider risk in policymaking and successfully integrate risk management into their governance frameworks and development have a better record of DRR and resilience building.
- Climate change is already changing the frequency and intensity of natural hazards, as well as increasing the vulnerabilities of countries in special situations including Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
- Ensuring risk-informed governance for climate action requires citizen-centric approach through the whole-of-society and whole-of-government approaches including the leverage of government innovation and frontier technologies for DRR and resilience.
