Disaster risk management in an age of climate change a summary of the April 3, 2008 workshop of the Disasters Roundtable

In its report, Climate Change 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) noted that global change is likely to result in increased drought, intense tropical cyclone activity, heat waves, and floods in certain regions of the world, including parts of the United States, other developed...

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Main Author: Anderson, William A.
Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.), National Research Council (U.S.) Disasters Roundtable
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press [2009], 2009
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520 |a In its report, Climate Change 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) noted that global change is likely to result in increased drought, intense tropical cyclone activity, heat waves, and floods in certain regions of the world, including parts of the United States, other developed countries, and developing nations. It further suggested that such developments would require policy makers and other stakeholders to give increased attention to managing new levels of risk posed by extreme events and their adverse impacts. The objective of this workshop was to consider disaster risk management challenges in the context of climate change. Knowledge derived from science and the experience of policy makers and practitioners informed the discussion