Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Disconnect between International Initiatives and Domestic Challenges?

By Centre for Non-Traditional Security (NTS) Studies
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)
Singapore

Linking Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) has been perceived as an important measure in curbing expo-sure and vulnerability to climate-driven disaster events. International initiatives such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2012 Spe-cial Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) and the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015 acknowledge the interdependency between CCA and DRR. This acknowledgement can also be seen at the regional level as evidenced in the Declaration on Institu-tionalizing the Resilience of ASEAN and Its Communities and Peoples to Disasters and Climate Change adopt-ed by ASEAN leaders in 2015.