POLICY ARENA DISASTER RISK REDUCTION OR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: ARE WE REINVENTING THE WHEEL?

Disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and strategies are well established within the international development community, being utilised at the grassroots level to address all forms of hazards. An exacerbation and increase in meteorological hazards has in part been attributed to climate change. Climate change also contributes to noticeable seasonal fluctu- ations that severely affect natural resource based livelihoods. In response, a need in devel- opment policy has been identifiedto address climate change at the community levelby helping those most affected through 'climate change adaptation' (CCA) strategies. This paper explores the differences—or, rather, the similarities—between DRR and CCA through analysing climate-related DRR in Papua New Guinea (PNG) within the context of wider development policies.Ways forwardareidentifiedforinternationaldevelopmentpolicysupportingallforms of risk reduction through integrating DRR and CCA strategies. Copyright # 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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