Global Risk Identification Global Risk Identification ProgramProgram

WMO 15WMO 15thth Congress Congress

Side event on strengthening national and Side event on strengthening national and regional partnerships on disaster risk regional partnerships on disaster risk

reductionreduction

Strategic AlignmentStrategic Alignment

Identification of high risk areas and risk Identification of high risk areas and risk factors that cause disasters (foreseeable factors that cause disasters (foreseeable risk)risk)

Hyogo Framework for Action Priority 2Hyogo Framework for Action Priority 2 Identify, assess and monitor disaster risksIdentify, assess and monitor disaster risks

UNDP/BCPR Strategy for Disaster UNDP/BCPR Strategy for Disaster PreventionPrevention common understanding of crises establishedcommon understanding of crises established joint stakeholder risk assessment conductedjoint stakeholder risk assessment conducted

Strategic AlignmentStrategic Alignment Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction

service line 1: analytical and advisory servicesservice line 1: analytical and advisory services risk identificationrisk identification

service line 2: institutional capacity buildingservice line 2: institutional capacity building national risk and loss information & applicationsnational risk and loss information & applications

service line 3: training and capacity buildingservice line 3: training and capacity building

IABD Disaster Prevention Sector FacilityIABD Disaster Prevention Sector Facility risk identification and forecasting to understand risk identification and forecasting to understand

and quantify vulnerability and disaster riskand quantify vulnerability and disaster risk

Core Risk Identification Core Risk Identification SupportSupport

GRIP Goal:GRIP Goal: reduced natural hazard-related lossesreduced natural hazard-related losses in in

high risk areas to promote sustainable high risk areas to promote sustainable developmentdevelopment

GRIP Objectives:GRIP Objectives: improved evidence baseimproved evidence base for disaster risk for disaster risk

managementmanagement increased increased adoption of disaster risk adoption of disaster risk

managementmanagement

National National land use land use planning: planning: LebanonLebanon

Disaster Loss DataDisaster Loss Data

Disaster Loss DataDisaster Loss Data

Global Risk UpdateGlobal Risk Update

Key WMO/NMHS Key WMO/NMHS contributionscontributions

Drought and flood hazard:Drought and flood hazard: Methodologies and tools for hazard analysis and mapping Methodologies and tools for hazard analysis and mapping

as an input to risk assessmentas an input to risk assessment Improvement of national to global drought and flood Improvement of national to global drought and flood

databasesdatabases Guidelines for standardizing hazard typologies in disaster Guidelines for standardizing hazard typologies in disaster

socio-economic losses databasessocio-economic losses databases

National risk assessment capacity development National risk assessment capacity development projects in priority high-risk countriesprojects in priority high-risk countries Flood and drought hazard analysis and mapping as an Flood and drought hazard analysis and mapping as an

input to risk assessmentsinput to risk assessments Hazard characterization for loss databasesHazard characterization for loss databases