Transforming Development and Disaster Risk

The TDDR Initiative by the Stockholm Environment Institute seeks to transform the relationship between development and disaster risk reduction (DRR). It identifies three critical gaps in current approaches: a lack of understanding regarding vulnerability creation, a failure to apply knowledge at appropriate scales, and an over-fixation on risk reduction rather than the trade-offs in decision-making. The initiative intends to use a social-ecological systems framework to conduct context-specific research and support the implementation of the Sendai Framework.

• The TDDR Initiative identifies three fundamental gaps in current disaster risk reduction (DRR) and development: the failure to understand how vulnerability is created, the failure to apply knowledge at the scales where change is needed, and a focus on reducing risk without understanding the underlying decision-making trade-offs.
• The initiative aims to support the initial implementation of the Sendai Framework by monitoring progress during its first two years and providing reflections on good practice and lessons learned to build social-ecological resilience.
• TDDR's research strategy is organized into three interlinked work packages focusing on social-ecological systems frameworks, equitable social-ecological resilience, and adaptive governance processes.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2015). Transforming Development and Disaster Risk. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Initiatives/SEI-2016-UNISDR-TDDR-poster.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Transforming Development and Disaster Risk. 2015. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Initiatives/SEI-2016-UNISDR-TDDR-poster.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2015transforming, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Transforming Development and Disaster Risk}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2015}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Initiatives/SEI-2016-UNISDR-TDDR-poster.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }