GAR2022: Contributing Papers

The central question for this Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 (GAR2022) is how governance systems can evolve to better address the systemic risks of the future. Developed through an extensive set of partnerships, the GAR is both an ongoing process of generating evidence, knowledge and policy engagement, as well as an opportunity to showcase trends and report on progress. This page contains the Contributing Papers to the GAR2022.

Documents and publications

Working paper

20 May 2022

The social construction of systemic risk: Towards an actionable framework for risk governance

The objective of this contributing paper is to highlight how systemic risk, as other risk categories, are socially constructed, and to identify guiding principles for systemic risk governance that can acted on and provide entry points for stakeholders.

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Working paper

20 May 2022

National leadership: How a change in thinking about vulnerability and systemic disaster risk is shaping nation-wide reforms and national programs of work in disaster risk reduction in Australia

This contributing paper takes a look at how Australia is actively learning to navigate governance and capability challenges to create environments in which all sectors are enabled to reduce complex systemic risks.

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Working paper

20 May 2022

Avoiding “failure of imagination”: Informing scenario planning with creative practices

This contributing paper systemically explores creative practices across a variety of disciplines, such as visual art, design, cinema, and theatre, that imagine future states and can aid in disaster prevention and risk reduction.

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Working paper

20 May 2022

Overview of youth-led disaster risk reduction initiatives activities and recommendations for future activities

The study investigates the reported impact and challenges faced by youth-led disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities through identifying themes in answers across activities to provide local and global recommendations for future youth-led activities.

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Working paper

20 May 2022

Exploring the concept of disaster risk balancing through the interaction of sibling systems within larger systems of interest: Developing a framework to understand the systemic nature of disaster risk

This contributing paper examines how different constituent systems (sibling systems) of a larger system react and propagate reverberations affecting the overall system using a novel visualisation tool – Sibling System State Diagram (SSSD). 

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Working paper

20 May 2022

The challenge of Anthropocene risks

This contributing paper paper offers an analysis of the global COVID-19 experience and stepwise implementing consequences which will require a long-term effort involving scientists, decision-makers, and many more.

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Working paper

19 May 2022

Managing systemic risk in emergency management, organizational resilience and climate change adaptation

This contributing paper looks into the use of disaster science in policy making for urban systems, where major risks need to be managed by bringing together emergency management, organisational resilience and climate change adaptation.

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Working paper

19 May 2022

A holistic approach to assess the systemic resilience of critical infrastructures: Insights from the Caribbean island of Saint-Martin in the aftermath of hurricane Irma

This study delves into multilateral and systemic disruption of critical infrastructure (CI) networks to assess the systemic resilience of CI “network-of-networks”.

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Working paper

19 May 2022

Systemic risks emerging from compound vulnerabilities

This contributing paper analyses systemic risk and compound vulnerabilities, by highlighting a case study to help decision-makers formulate effective strategies to address the nature of systemic risks in their societies.

Documents and publications

Working paper

19 May 2022

Prospects and challenges of transdisciplinary research approaches for managing and communicating climate-related risks

This study discusses insights, lessons, opportunities and challenges in the development and implementation of stakeholder focused, transdisciplinary research approaches in the context of managing and communicating climate-related risks more effectively.