International Workshop on Building Resilience to the Risk of Compound and Cascading Disasters in the Context of Climate Change - Launch of
the New e-learning Course on AP-PLAT, 21st Jan 2022

LAUNCH AND INTRODUCTION OF AP-PLAT’S E-LEARNING COURSE

Building resilience to compound andcascading disaster risks

Binaya Raj Shivakoti,
Senior Adaptation Specialist, IGES

International Workshop on Building Resilience to the Risk of Compound and Cascading Disasters in the Context of Climate Change - Launch of the New e-learning Course on AP-PLAT

Binaya Raj Shivakoti

21 Jan 2022

Why compound and cascading disaster risks?
• COVID-19 pandemic: a complex scenario for disaster risk
management• Climate change: responsible for extreme hydro-metrologicaldisasters involving compounding and cascading affects• Compound and cascading disasters: a new normal of thechanging risk profile• Are governments, sectors, communities and individuals fully
aware of the complexities involved and have access tonecessary knowledge and tools?

Source: Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2021, UNESCAP

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International Workshop on Building Resilience to the Risk of Compound and Cascading Disasters in the Context of Climate Change - Launch of the New e-learning Course on AP-PLAT

Binaya Raj Shivakoti

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Key knowledge gaps
• How to enhance understanding about compound and cascading disaster risks?
• How compound and cascading disasters differ from normal disasters?
• What additional steps government, sectors, communities and individuals
need to cope with the situation and minimize such risks?
• How could we build resilience against future risks from such disasters,
especially, at the community level?

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International Workshop on Building Resilience to the Risk of Compound and Cascading Disasters in the Context of Climate Change - Launch of the New e-learning Course on AP-PLAT

Binaya Raj Shivakoti

21 Jan 2022

AP-PLAT’s E-Learning• E-Learning is a part of AP-PLAT’s ‘Adaptation
Literacy for Climate Resilient Society” which aims
to promote and exchange knowledge of emerging
adaptation issues by developing self-paced elearning videos and related materials• This e-learning is an attempt to highlight theimportance of compound and cascading
disaster and encourage governments andrelevant stakeholders to think seriously about itin their disaster risk management planning andstrategies
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Key considerations• It should be simple, not highly technical, yet include adequate details to grasp anoverall picture of ‘key concepts’ and ‘what should be done next?’• It should not look like an entirely new process or something to be planned
from a scratch• Trigger interests among stakleholders to dig further into the topic• Could be used as a starting point to organize capacity building for local
level planning on compound and cascading disasters• Potential for further development into a full fledged learning tool through research,organizing targeted capacity building events, and collaboration with other similar
initiatives
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Inputs used for developing the lessons•Recent scientific
literature, assessment
reports•Review of cases
involving compoundand cascading disasters
from Japan, Asia,
Europe•Interactions andinterview with leading
experts in the field

Literature

Cases

Expert21 Jan 2022

compound andcascading disaster
risks

Assessment ofcompound andcascading disasterrisks

Lesson 3

Introduction toLesson 2

Lesson1

Course structure

Design resilienceenhancement
measures

Binaya Raj Shivakoti

Lesson 4

International Workshop on Building Resilience to the Risk of Compound and Cascading Disasters in the Context of Climate Change - Launch of the New e-learning Course on AP-PLAT

21 Jan 2022

Adaptive

implementation
framework

Summary of the course

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Binaya Raj Shivakoti

21 Jan 2022

Lesson 1: Introduction to compound and cascading disaster risks
Basic concepts of DRR, including the Sendai Framework

Understand fundamental concepts
Grasp complexities involved
Build foundation for risk
assessment, planning andimplementation steps

Define compound and cascading hazards and disasters?

Characteristics of compound and cascading hazards/disasters?

Impacts of compound and cascading disasters

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International Workshop on Building Resilience to the Risk of Compound and Cascading Disasters in the Context of Climate Change - Launch of the New e-learning Course on AP-PLAT

Binaya Raj Shivakoti

21 Jan 2022

Lesson 2: Assessment of compound and cascading disaster risks

Builds on the existing processes and practices of risk assessment and mapping
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Binaya Raj Shivakoti

21 Jan 2022

Lesson 3: Designing resilience enhancement measures
Covers extended impacts (spatial, temporal and systemic)on all elements of disaster management cycle
Post-disasterrecoveryPre-disaster
preparedness

ResponseConsiders all potential combination of hard and soft
measures to minimize loss/damages and break the chain ofimpacts
Build-back-better or adaptive recovery by consideringsystemic impacts

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21 Jan 2022

Lesson 4: Adaptive implementation framework
Three mutually reinforcing pillars
A systemic and transformative thinking based on
the concept of adaptive governance
A multi-level coordination, meaningful
participation and effective decision making
A step-wise approach backed by robust
monitoring and evaluation for continuous
learning and adaptation to uncertainties andsurprises
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Summary: follow-up steps

Binaya Raj Shivakoti

21 Jan 2022

o Use the course to review gaps and identify necessary measures
to incorporate compound and cascading risks into local disasterplanningo Downloadable videos with script, useful links to additionalreferences/resources to advance further understandingo Case examples
o Templates for conducting exercise while organizing a training
sessions

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International Workshop on Building Resilience to the Risk of Compound and Cascading Disasters in the Context of Climate Change - Launch of the New e-learning Course on AP-PLAT

Binaya Raj Shivakoti

21 Jan 2022

For Further Details:
https://ap-plat.nies.go.jp/adaptation_literacy/resources/e_learning/drr/index.html

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Binaya Raj Shivakoti

21 Jan 2022

Acknowledgements and great appreciation to all contributors….
….Thank you for your kind attention

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