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Guiding Principles for Climate Risk Management Initiatives

Guiding Principles for Climate Risk Management Initiatives. Symposium on Climate and Extreme Events in Asia-Pacific 20 th Pacific Science Congress March 2003. Guiding Principles. Address the integrated climate-society system

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Guiding Principles for Climate Risk Management Initiatives

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  1. Guiding Principles for Climate Risk Management Initiatives Symposium on Climate and Extreme Events in Asia-Pacific 20th Pacific Science Congress March 2003

  2. Guiding Principles • Address the integrated climate-society system • Start with understanding of vulnerability and focus on resilience • Place and context matter • Understand decision-making framework to help guide climate information development, delivery and applications • Useful and usable information • Continuum of climate timescales • Scale, timing, format & language appropriate to application and user community • Responsive to user needs • Incorporates new insights/capabilities

  3. Guiding Principles • Utilize team/network approach with partners (incl. decision-makers) engaged in an iterative, participatory process • Utilize trusted information brokers (intermediaries) • Enhance communication within teams and among teams throughout the region • Shared access to expertise, tools & technologies • Broader regional partnership • Shared learning & joint problem-solving • Building/sustaining TRUST an essential element

  4. Guiding Principles • Appropriate tools, technologies and mechanisms • Process and products • Importance of integrated program of observations, monitoring, forecasting, assessment and applications – with continuous evaluation (and adjustment as necessary) • Document and share experiences • Build on existing systems, institutions, programs, relationships & networks

  5. Guiding Principles • Education, training & capacity-building essential • Government leadership—at all levels • Extremes a valuable focus; opportunities for science, engagement, building resilience • Proactive planning—climate risk management in a sustainable development context • Risk management a valuable framework for building partnerships and guiding climate information systems

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