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T1 The Disaster Risk, Global Change, and Sustainability Nexus
A2 Peduzzi, Pascal
K1 disaster prevention
K1 sustainable development
K1 natural disaster
K1 climate change
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27528
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/27528
NO This review retraces the brief history and evolution of the global understanding of disaster risk as a compound event, in parallel with research on global environmental change. It highlights the main milestones in this area, and shows that there are tight connections between trends of disaster risk and global change. This paper aims to demonstrate the need to better consider the role of globalenvironmental change in disaster risk assessment. In 2015, three major new agreements were reached to improve global environmental governance: the new Sendai Framework (2015–2030), the post-2015 development agenda with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Climate COP21 in Paris. These all include a clear focus on disaster risk reduction; however, several aspects of disaster risk linked with global environmental changes are still not clearly addressed by the main stakeholders (governments, insurers, or agencies). As the complexity of risk unfolds, more actors are getting together; the need for a holistic approach for disaster risk reduction has become clear, and is closely connected with achieving sustainable development.
NO https://doi.org/10.3390/su11040957
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 19, 2026