Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.37023/ee.9.1-2.5
CLIMATE CHANGE, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND RESILIENCE
Damir Trut
; Ministry of the Interior, Civil Protection Directorate, Nehajska 5, 10 000 Zagreb
Jasminka Kovačević
; Ministry of the Interior, Civil Protection Directorate, Nehajska 5, 10 000 Zagreb
Abstract
Climate change increases the risks of instability in all its forms, and significantly affects the frequency and intensity of natural threats. In the last two decades, 90 percent of the world's major disasters were caused by events such as heat waves, floods, and weather-related droughts. The 2019 Disaster Risk Assessment for the Republic of Croatia for 10 out of 15 simple risks determined that climate change affected their occurrence. Climate change also affects complex risks, especially in urban areas. Therefore, when assessing the impact of climate change on the environment, it is necessary to consider the impact they have on disaster risks. Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation have a common area of interest, partly overlapping, and activities to strengthen resilience and to prepare a response system require joint efforts and cooperation.
Keywords
disaster risk reduction, climate change, risks, resilience, disaster
Hrčak ID:
287808
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Publication date:
20.12.2022.
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