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Children and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Asia Pacific region Beijing 6th November 2010 C E Cameron & G Norrington-Davies Agulhas Applied Knowledge Agulhas Applied Knowledge Asia Pacific region vulnerability Over 50% of the total world disasters Over 70% of lives lost to disasters occur in this region 75% of global flood mortality risk is in Bangladesh, China and India GDP losses of between 2-20% Agulhas Applied Knowledge The impact of a one metre sea-level rise – displaced people and cost Agulhas Applied Knowledge The impact of a one metre sea-level rise: displaced people in Asia Altitude above current sea level 72 million people 20 million people 3 million people 9 million people Agulhas Applied Knowledge Without adequate DRR the full impacts of climate change & other disasters follow Temperature change Precipitation change Agulhas Applied Knowledge Without adequate DRR the full impacts of climate change & other disasters follow Temperature change Incidence of disasters increases Habitat change (cyclones, tornadoes, Precipitation change More frequent and severe drought More intense rainfall (desertification, coastal inundation, inland flooding, upland warming, increased topsoil erosion) typhoons, forest and grassland fires, heat waves) Water stress Ecosystem change (species extinction) Flooding Agricultural yield changes (declines in tropical areas) Forced pop. movement/ migration Agulhas Applied Knowledge Without adequate DRR the full impacts of climate change & other disasters follow Temperature change Incidence of disasters increases Habitat change (cyclones, tornadoes, Precipitation change More frequent and severe drought More intense rainfall (desertification, coastal inundation, inland flooding, upland warming, increased topsoil erosion) typhoons, forest and grassland fires, heat waves) Water stress Ecosystem change (species extinction) Flooding Agricultural yield changes (declines in tropical areas) Forced pop. movement/ migration Mortality from sudden onset disasters increases Mortality & morbidity from non-communicable causes increases (cardio-respiratory, heatstroke) Communicable disease patterns extend and change (malaria, dengue fever, waterborne infections, diarrhoea) Decline in food security and income Loss of assets and livelihoods Increased resource conflict Agulhas Applied Knowledge Without adequate DRR the full impacts of climate change & other disasters Temperature change Incidence of disasters increases follow Habitat change (cyclones, tornadoes, Precipitation change More frequent and severe drought More intense rainfall (desertification, coastal inundation, inland flooding, upland warming, increased topsoil erosion) typhoons, forest and grassland fires, heat waves) Water stress Ecosystem change (species extinction) Flooding Agricultural yield changes (declines in tropical areas) Forced pop. movement/ migration Mortality from sudden onset disasters increases Mortality & morbidity from non-communicable causes increases (cardio-respiratory, heatstroke) Child mortality & morbidity increases Child malnutrition increases Communicable disease patterns extend and change (malaria, dengue fever, waterborne infections, diarrhoea) Child equality decreases Decline in food security and income Loss of assets and livelihoods Child poverty increases Reduction in child protection Increased resource conflict More children out of school Agulhas Applied Knowledge Without adequate DRR the full impacts of climate change & other disasters Temperature change Incidence of disasters increases follow Habitat change (cyclones, tornadoes, Precipitation change More frequent and severe drought More intense rainfall (desertification, coastal inundation, inland flooding, upland warming, increased topsoil erosion) typhoons, forest and grassland fires, heat waves) Water stress Flooding Agricultural yield changes Ecosystem change (declines in tropical areas) (species extinction) Forced pop. movement/ migration Mortality from sudden onset disasters increases Mortality & morbidity from non-communicable causes increases Communicable disease patterns extend and change (malaria, dengue fever, waterborne infections, diarrhoea) (cardio-respiratory, heatstroke) Child mortality & morbidity increases Child malnutrition increases Decline in food security and income Loss of assets and livelihoods Child poverty increases Reduction in child protection Child equality decreases Increased resource conflict More children out of school Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC) Art 3: Best interests of child are primary Art 6: Right to life, survival and development Art 9: Art 22: Art 24: Separated from parents against will Refugee status Right to health Art 27: Right to adequate standard of living Art 28 & 29: Art 38 & 39: Right to education Protection from armed conflict and recovery and reintegration Agulhas Applied Knowledge What did we find? There is a need for a significant increase in child centred DRR Children can be respected, empowered providers and recipients of DRR. Children can be risk analysers, designers and implementers, communicators and mobilisers for DRR Integrating DRR activities into daily life at community level is key, so that values and behaviour reinforce each other in a virtuous circle Integrating DRR into existing policy and practice rather than separation should be the guiding principle There is an opportunity for child centred DRR reporting to be folded into CRC reporting Agulhas Applied Knowledge Many players and pathways Agulhas Applied Knowledge What we need now • Political determination to support community based and child centred DRR • Streamlining of knowledge development and sharing to support community based and child centred DRR • Promoting clarity, coherence and consistency to support community based and child centred DRR • Alignment, cooperation and support for the implementers of child centred DRR `The new normal’ Agulhas Applied Knowledge