Creating Resilient Futures: Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change Adaptation Agendas
Creating Resilient Futures: Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change Adaptation Agendas
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This edited volume explores how climate change adaptation, sustainable development goals, and disaster risk reduction can work together to address global challenges, highlighting the need for an integrated development continuum.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 257 pages
Publication date: 01 November 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
This open-access edited volume critically examines the potential for coherence-building between climate change adaptation, sustainable development goals, and disaster risk reduction agendas through the presentation of best practices and supporting case studies from Ireland and around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light existing global inequalities and showcased the far-reaching and cascading socio-ecological impacts. While the pandemic has caused significant disruption, the impacts of climate change on our global communities are expected to be far more profound and enduring, spanning a longer timeframe. This edited volume explores opportunities to address global challenges within the framework of developing resilience as an integrated development continuum, rather than through independent and fragmented agendas.
Climate change adaptation, sustainable development goals, and disaster risk reduction agendas are interconnected and mutually reinforcing, as they all aim to address the challenges posed by climate change and its impacts. By integrating these agendas, we can create a more holistic and effective approach to addressing global challenges.
Climate change adaptation focuses on preparing and responding to the immediate effects of climate change, such as extreme weather events, sea-level rise, and droughts. It involves implementing measures to reduce the vulnerability of communities and ecosystems to climate change, such as building resilient infrastructure, improving water management practices, and promoting sustainable land use.
Sustainable development goals, on the other hand, aim to achieve a more sustainable and equitable world by promoting economic growth, reducing poverty, protecting the environment, and promoting social justice. They include targets such as achieving universal access to clean water and sanitation, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and promoting sustainable agriculture and land use.
Disaster risk reduction aims to reduce the risk of disasters and their impacts on communities. It involves implementing measures to reduce the vulnerability of communities to disasters, such as improving early warning systems, building resilient infrastructure, and promoting disaster preparedness and response.
By integrating climate change adaptation, sustainable development goals, and disaster risk reduction agendas, we can create a more resilient and sustainable world. This will involve promoting cross-sectoral collaboration, sharing resources and knowledge, and investing in sustainable development practices.
Case studies from Ireland and around the world provide valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities for coherence-building between these agendas. Ireland, for example, has implemented a range of measures to address climate change adaptation, including the development of renewable energy sources, the promotion of sustainable agriculture, and the implementation of climate change policies. Ireland has also been active in promoting sustainable development goals, including the reduction of poverty and the promotion of social justice.
Similarly, other countries have also implemented best practices and case studies to integrate climate change adaptation, sustainable development goals, and disaster risk reduction agendas. For example, the United Nations Development Programme has developed a framework for integrating climate change adaptation, sustainable development goals, and disaster risk reduction agendas, known as the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development."
In conclusion, coherence-building between climate change adaptation, sustainable development goals, and disaster risk reduction agendas is essential for addressing the global challenges posed by climate change. By integrating these agendas, we can create a more resilient and sustainable world, promoting social justice, economic growth, and environmental protection. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for action, and we must seize this opportunity to build a better future for all.
Weight: 371g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030807931
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022
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