Preparedness, planning and prevention: assessment of national and regional efforts to reduce natural disaster and climate change risks in the Pacific : synthesis report

Abstract

THE WORLD BANK / SyNTHESiS REpORT / EAST ASiA AND THE pACiFiC REGiON Preparedness, Planning, and Prevention Assessment of National and Regional Efforts to Reduce Natural Disaster and Climate Change Risks in the Pacific GFDRR Project December 2009 GFDRR GlobAl FACIlITY FoR DISASTER REDUCTIoN AND RECoVERYSynthesis Report Acronyms and Abbreviations CCA Climate change adaptation CHARM Comprehensive Hazard and Risk Management CRMi Caribbean Risk Management Initiative CROp Council of the Regional Organizations in the Pacific DRM Disaster risk management DRR Disaster risk reduction GDp Gross domestic product GEF Global Environment Facility GFDRR Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery GiS Geographic information system HFA Hyogo Framework for Action ipCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change LOCATE Local Options for Communities to Adapt and Technologies to Enhance Capacity NGO Nongovernmental organization pRiVA Participatory Rapid Integrated Assessment of Vulnerability and Adaptation SOpAC South Pa