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UNU-EHS :: New Report on Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Adapt ...

New Report on Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change

The report titled "Addressing the Challenge: Recommendations and Quality Criteria for Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change" by Jörn Birkmann and Korinna von Teichman from UNU-EHS, as well as other contributing authors, reveals existing limits and challenges to link disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

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In addition, the report outlines key recommendations and quality criteria in order to further enhance the promising use of potential synergies and the indispensable future cooperation between both fields of work. The report was presented at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2009 in Geneva.