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Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation Dr. Stuart Minchin Chief of Environmental geoscience Department, Geoscience Australia
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Page 1: Climate Change and Disaster Mitigationggim.un.org/ggim_20171012/docs/meetings/3rd HLF/0 20141023 HL… · Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation Dr. Stuart Minchin Chief of Environmental

Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation

Dr. Stuart MinchinChief of Environmental geoscience Department, 

Geoscience Australia

Page 2: Climate Change and Disaster Mitigationggim.un.org/ggim_20171012/docs/meetings/3rd HLF/0 20141023 HL… · Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation Dr. Stuart Minchin Chief of Environmental

Disaster terminology• Hazard: Spatial• spatial

Page 3: Climate Change and Disaster Mitigationggim.un.org/ggim_20171012/docs/meetings/3rd HLF/0 20141023 HL… · Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation Dr. Stuart Minchin Chief of Environmental

Disaster terminology• Risk: spatial & temporal

Page 4: Climate Change and Disaster Mitigationggim.un.org/ggim_20171012/docs/meetings/3rd HLF/0 20141023 HL… · Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation Dr. Stuart Minchin Chief of Environmental

Disaster terminology• Exposure: Spatial, temporal and statistical

Page 5: Climate Change and Disaster Mitigationggim.un.org/ggim_20171012/docs/meetings/3rd HLF/0 20141023 HL… · Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation Dr. Stuart Minchin Chief of Environmental

Disaster terminology• Vulnerability: spatial, temporal, statistical and resilience (building codes, planning, preparation)

Page 6: Climate Change and Disaster Mitigationggim.un.org/ggim_20171012/docs/meetings/3rd HLF/0 20141023 HL… · Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation Dr. Stuart Minchin Chief of Environmental

Climate Change• Increased frequency of climate extremes

• Climate related disasters more regular (flood, tropical cyclone, storms, drought)

• What will this mean for the challenge of food security in the next decades?

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Location is vital• Remembering the past

• Managing the present

• Preparing for the future


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