Training and Exercises
Including environmental considerations in disaster response exercises and trainings encourages exchange among actors and lays the foundation for a sustainable response. Read More
Response Coordination Mechanisms
Environmental actors are assigned specific roles and responsibilities within the response, and interact with other responders within existing coordination mechanisms. Read More
Capacity and Resource Base
It is important to identify and close gaps between existing resources and anticipated emergency response needs. In preparedness, this entails an assessment of the current disaster risk management system and its available resources as well as capacities. Read More
Information and Data Sharing
Information management services support humanitarian actors in gathering, analyzing and disseminating key information about a humanitarian situation. Read More
Risk Monitoring
An understanding of evolving risks is fundamental to a timely and effective response. The analysis of disaster risks informs the planning of a response, while monitoring ensures that the process is responsive to changing contexts Read More
Institutional and Legal System
Policies supported by institutional frameworks and legal arrangements make up the disaster risk management framework. In order to systematically integrate environmental concerns in humanitarian action, one must consider the institutional arrangements governing disaster preparedness, response, recovery and emergency funding. Read More
Risk Awareness
Communicating risks effectively to populations and communities is essential for people to be able to be better prepared and to reduce the damaging impacts of hazards. Read More
Environmental Preparedness Planning
Addressing environment as part of preparedness planning lays the foundation for its integration into humanitarian action. Read More
Assessments
Risk analysis provides a common understanding and prioritization of risks, and should include existing environmental conditions and threats Read More
Environmental Situation Analysis
Understanding the current and potential future environmental conditions of a region is essential for an efficient and sustainable response Read More