Incorporating Climate Hazards into National Disaster Risk Management

Abstract

In recent years, Costa Rica has experienced increasing economic loss from numerous climate disasters. To meet the challenge of reducing local vulnerabilities, it is necessary to incorporate the potential impacts of current and future climate disaster events into DRM policy, planning, and practice, both at the national and local levels. This chapter evaluates the current status of policy initiative on incorporating the climate disaster risk aspect in DRM planning at the national level in Costa Rica and discusses whether this initiative provides any answers to reduce climate disaster risk. The study applies a “checklist” as a means of evaluation.

Citation

(2014), "Incorporating Climate Hazards into National Disaster Risk Management", Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing Climate: Perspective from Central America (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Vol. 17), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 49-75. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-726220140000017018