INTEGRATING RIGHTS AND EQUALITY IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE

The document introduces the FIRE framework, which consists of six dimensions—fundamental rights and equality, non-discrimination, participation and access to information, governance systems and structures, agency and empowerment, and social norms and context—designed to guide decision-makers in integrating human rights and gender equality into disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate resilience (CR). It argues that social inequality is a key driver of vulnerability and that standard data collection, such as sex-, age- and disability-disaggregated (SADD) data, is insufficient on its own to understand the root causes of risk. The brief provides specific guidance on applying these principles to risk assessments, risk-informed development and land-use planning, and emergency preparedness and response, including early warning, evacuation, and camp management.

• The Framework for Integrating Rights and Equality (FIRE) is a six-dimensional guiding tool for national, sub-national, and local decision-makers to integrate human rights and gender equality into laws, policies, and practices for disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate resilience (CR).
• Current risk assessment practices often rely on a generic checklist approach or the collection of sex-, age- and disability-disaggregated (SADD) data, which the document asserts is insufficient for understanding the socio-economic root causes of vulnerability and exposure.
• To holistically assess risks, assessments must be reframed to examine root causes, including power dynamics in governance and the intersection of gender, age, disability, ethnicity, and socio-economic status.
• Risk-informed development and land-use planning must move beyond infrastructural focus to prioritize access to services for disadvantaged groups and combat spatial and zoning inequalities.
• A review of the Philippines' Comprehensive Land Use Planning Guidelines (CLUP) and Nepal's Local Disaster and Climate Resilience Plan (LDCRP) indicates that while these documents recognize social inclusion and vulnerable groups, they require further translation into guiding principles and affirmative policies to guarantee equality.
• Emergency preparedness and response interventions—specifically early warning, evacuation, and camp management—must be rooted in local contexts and gender norms to prevent the marginalization of specific social groups.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (n.d.). INTEGRATING RIGHTS AND EQUALITY IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/fire-brdr-implementation-brief.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. INTEGRATING RIGHTS AND EQUALITY IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE. n.d. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/fire-brdr-implementation-brief.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitutendintegrating, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{INTEGRATING RIGHTS AND EQUALITY IN DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/fire-brdr-implementation-brief.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }