Environment and Vulnerability - GDRC

Emerging PerspectivesEnvironment and VulnerabilityPrepared on behalf of the UN ISDR Environment and Disaster Working GroupUNEP promotes environmentally sound practices globally and in its own activities. This publication is printed on recycled paper using vegetable-based inks and other eco- friendly practices. Our distribution policy aims to reduce UNEP s carbon for Additional Information: United Nations Environment Programme Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch International Environment House Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 917 8448 Fax. +41 22 917 8064 Email: Web: and Layout: Rachel Dolores Cover photo: REUTERS Daniel AguilarThe invoice for our climate-changing emissions will include more droughts, floods and other natural disasters. We need to climate proof our farms, our infrastructure and our livelihoods in order to minimize our Vulnerability to future disasters.

of the earth’s physical processes. However, the myth that we have little influence over the occurrence of tropical cyclones or rainfall shortages has been exposed: human activities have an impact on the timing, magnitude and frequency of these physical processes. Human endeavours have triggered global warming and thereby affected the

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