Guidance for Risk Monitoring

How to integrate environment into risk monitoring for disaster preparedness

See the Emergency Response Preparedness (ERP) Guidelines for detailed guidance on risk monitoring, including environmental hazards and risks.

For effective environmental risk monitoring:

Include environmental actors into risk monitoring mechanisms.

For example: communicate information on changes in ecosystems (such as the appearance of new pests or the disappearance of certain species) to disaster management entities.

Bring information related to slow-onset environmental change to the attention of disaster managers.

For example: changes in precipitation patterns, soil composition or ecosystem composition.

Develop capacities to monitor the environmental impacts of emergency response operations monitored.

For example: waste, energy and water use.

Environmental Situation Analysis

Understanding the current and potential future environmental conditions of a region is essential for an efficient and sustainable response

Assessments

Risk analysis provides a common understanding and prioritization of risks, and should include existing environmental conditions and threats

Environmental Preparedness Planning

Addressing environment as part of preparedness planning lays the foundation for its integration into humanitarian action.

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.

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.

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