Studying
about Mainstreaming DRR automatically will turn someone towards different types
of tools, strategies and mechanism. The first tool that I encountered was the
CEDRIG. I found it quite amazing because the integration was critical. Even
then it is user friendly. The paragraphs below are my understanding of the
first part of CEDRIG.
Climate,
Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Integration Guidance – CEDRIG is a way
of SDC to find out or investigate whether the present different sort of
support, cooperation and planned approach are vulnerable towards the increasing
disaster due to climate change, environmental degradation, tectonic movements,
effect on GHG emission and the environment.
The CEDRIG
is divided into two parts:
1. Rational
and Framework of CEDRIG
2. A self
explanatory Hands-on guidance practical handbook
Though
there are several climate, environment and DRR integration guidance by
different development organization. CEDRIG is the tool that is formulated by
SDC and applicable to the specific SDC procedures.
As climate
change, environmental degradation and frequent disasters can disrupt the
process of sustainable development, development organizations follow two
different approaches.
(1) Risk
perspective – assessment and reduction of risks
(2) Impact
perspective - Identification and reduction of impact
They key
concept of risk perspective is disaster risk. It results from a combination of
different factors. IPCC predicted in its last report that disaster will
intensify even further in the coming years. Even in the best scenario,
increasing natural and man-made hazards, environmental degradation are
inevitable. If we really want to run towards development in this scenario, we
must consider ‘increased resilient’ as in combination of Disaster Risk
Reduction, Adaptation to Climate change and adaptation to degraded environment
which will reduce the vulnerability evidently.
The key
concept of impact perspective is mitigation. Mitigation in climate change,
environment and in DRR context is all about impact perspective.
CEDRIG
incorporates both perspectives – risk and impact which incorporates the
concepts of adaptation to climate change, adaptation to degraded environments,
DRR, climate change mitigation and environmental impact mitigation.
CEDRIG is
based on the following principles:
Principle 1 - OECD guidance and the Hyogo Framework for
Action as references
Principle 2 - Modular approach and flexibility
There are three modules - (Module 1) Risk and
Impact Screening, (Module 2) Detailed Assessment at strategic and
programmatic level and (Module 3) Detailed Assessment at project level
– this third module has four steps.
Principle 3 - Integration in SDC standard procedures and
Project Cycle Management (PCM)
Keeping the perspective
approach in following the CEDRIG, the modules are to be followed. When the risk
perspective is considered, the module 1: Risk Screening is a must. In this same
perspective the module 2: Risk Assessment or the Module 3: Detailed Assessment
should be used as tool for climate variability, climate change risks, risks
from environmental degradation and risks from tectonic activities. At the time
of consideration of Impact perspective, module 1: Impact screening and Module
3: Impact Assessment should be used as
tool for Impacts on GHG emission and environment.
The second and third section
discusses about the organizational procedural approaches on using CEGRIG and
list of supporting material used for CEDRIG.
