G7 Inventory on Climate Disaster Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery
15-16 April 2023
G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment

Background
The Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Sixth
Assessment Report states that human-induced climate change, including more frequentand intense extreme weather events, has caused widespread adverse impacts andrelated losses and damages to nature and people. Simultaneously, climate change
manifests in accelerating slow onset events like sea-level rise, increased temperatures,
desertification, and glacial retreat that are threatening livelihoods. Various losses anddamages of both economic (loss of assets, infrastructure, land etc.) and non-economic(loss of societal beliefs and values, knowledge systems, cultural heritage, biodiversity
and ecosystem services) nature associated with sudden and slow onset climatic events
have been reported. According to the IPCC, the magnitude and rate of climate change
and associated risks depend strongly on near-term mitigation and adaptation actions,and projected adverse impacts and related losses and damages escalate with every
increment of global warming.
Acknowledging the increased severity of recent natural and climate-related disasters
such as extreme weather events, flood and drought, scaling up disaster risk reduction(DRR) actions and disaster risk finance at local, regional, national and global levels, is oneof the priorities that should be urgently enhanced among wide-ranging measures toavert, minimize and address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects ofclimate change.
The COP27 and CMA4 decisions on establishing new funding arrangements forresponding to loss and damage as well as on the institutional arrangements for the fulloperationalization of the Santiago network (SN) were concrete steps to enhance thetechnical and financial support provided to developing countries that are particularly
vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. G7 members are strengthening theircontribution to averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated withthe adverse effects of climate change through several initiatives, including joint G7/V20
initiative of the Global Shield against Climate Risks, and while recognizing somemembers are taking additional efforts to contribute to early warning systems such as the
Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems initiative (CREWS), through efforts to make the1SN fully operational, and activities in the context of the implementation of the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030 1 . Nonetheless, to further
support developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects ofclimate change, it is important to enhance visibility of and access to available technicaland financial solutions and support for risk reduction of, response to and recovery fromclimate disasters.
Purpose of this Inventory
We compile this inventory with the aim of mapping existing support mechanisms for thedeveloping countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climatechange, to maximize the effectiveness of their risk reduction of, response to, andrecovery from climate disasters, which is among the priorities that should be urgentlyenhanced among a wide-range of measures to avert, minimize and address loss anddamage.
By mapping the support provided by each G7 member, this inventory aims to describe
the overall picture of existing and committed G7 support for risk reduction of, responseto and recovery from climate disasters. This mapping is meant to support future
discussions under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, the SFDRR 2015-2030,
especially for discussions related to its target F (i.e., enhance international cooperation
on DRR) in the context of SFDRR mid-term review to be conducted in May 2023, andother fora. In the context of the SN, it will contribute to catalyzing technical assistanceby identifying potential network members and increasing access to existing sources ofsupport. Additionally, it will contribute to the discussions on the new funding
arrangements responding to loss and damage under the transitional committee toidentify the priority gaps within the current landscape for which solutions are to beexplored. For countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change that areconsidering applying for support, the document will serve as useful reference material
to look for support options already in operation.

1Although each state has the primary responsibility to prevent and reduce disaster risk as stated in
the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030, G7 members have been
providing a wide range of support for the implementation of the framework, in such areas as:(1) Understanding disaster risk, including pre-disaster risk assessment based on relevant data,(2) Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk, through participation of relevant
stakeholders, etc.,(3) Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience, including structural measures such as
development of DRR infrastructure and non-structural measures such as land use regulations, and(4) Disaster preparedness for effective response to residual risk even after pre-investment indisaster risk reduction, including capacity building and investing in EWS, and to “Build Back Better”
in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
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Contents
The inventory includes various support provided by G7 members that can be utilized
both pre- and post-disasters with broad regional coverage of the globe. In particular,
there are more than 120 capacity building support in more than 190 countries relating
to climate impact assessment, disaster risk management and so on. Also, there are 13
climate and disaster risk insurance-based mechanisms in African, Southeast Asian,Pacific and Caribbean region to pool risks with other countries in the region, some ofwhich is established by contribution of G7 members. There are 27 financial schemes for
African, Asia-Pacific and Latin American countries for post-event reconstruction that
commonly have mechanisms to enable rapid payouts without insurance claim
investigation in the event of a large-scale disaster to help vulnerable countries as soon
as possible. One of the priority areas among G7 members is to support developing
countries in establishing operational EWS at regional, national and local levels. Efforts
are being made worldwide in capacity building and development of meteorologicalobservation equipment, participating in international frameworks related to EWS andinvolving the private sector to develop early warning systems (40 activities in more than
75 developing countries including African, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Caribbean
States). G7 members are also enhancing knowledge sharing, international cooperation,and private sector involvement to underpin their support.
The sheets provided by G7 members, which are prepared separately from thecommuniqué, are on the website2of Ministry of the Environment of Japan. G7 Presidencyof the year is considering hosting a side event at the COP28 relating to this inventory incollaboration with G7 members.

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URL: https://www.env.go.jp/en/earth/cc/adaptation/g7inventory.html
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