Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage
Compendium on comprehensive risk management approaches
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The Executive Committee of the
Warsaw International Mechanism is
collecting feedback on a draft paper-based compendium on comprehensive risk management approaches. Should you be interested in providing feedback to the draft compendium, please:
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Background information
The Executive Committee decided in February 2016 to develop a paper-based compendium on comprehensive risk management approaches as part of the implementation of its initial two-year workplan (scroll down for details).
The Executive Committee is taking the following process for developing the compendium:
Guidance by the Executive Committee to the UNFCCC secretariat for developing the paper-based compendium:
- Format: Paper-based compendium, also available electronically
- Intended audience: Broad (e.g. practitioners, policy-makers, academics, knowledge brokers, etc.) at all levels
- Content: Short overview and collection of examples (not attempting to draw a comprehensive landscape) at all levels (sub-national, national, regional and international) with geographic representation at global scale
- Linkages with other activities:
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- Questionnaires on risk analysis in context of Action Areas 5 of the initial two-year workplan;
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Information paper and submissions received in the
context of Action Area 7 of the initial-two year workplan
| Action Area 2 of the initial two-year workplan of the Executive Committee |
| Enhance the understanding of, and promote, comprehensive risk management approaches (assessment, reduction, transfer, retention), including social protection instruments and transformational approaches, in building long-term resilience of countries, vulnerable populations and communities |
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Activity (a) Identify tools, technologies, good practices and lessons learned, including
with respect to policies and data standards, instruments such as insurance and social protection, and
transformational approaches, to facilitate comprehensive risk management
Expected result: Identification of good practices and lessons learned |