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

18 May 2022

Understanding COVID-19 public health outcomes as a function of systemic risks and community resilience: A socio-technical assessment framework to inform governance strategies on social vulnerability, workforce exposure, and resource accessibility

This paper summarises the Argonne National Laboratory research team’s efforts in conducting these assessments to support local public health interventions in the City of Chicago, and the potential applications for communities throughout the world. 

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Working paper

18 May 2022

Societal disruption as a disaster. Exploring suicide, drug addiction and domestic violence in Australia through a disaster risk reduction lens

This contributing paper aims to review the impact of drug addiction, domestic violence and suicide in Australia through the lens of disaster risk reduction.

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Working paper

18 May 2022

From local to global scales - Quantifying climate risks and adaptation opportunities for networked infrastructure systems

This contributing paper discusses the relevance of the methods and case studies in informing global, national and local policymakers and decision-makers who are involved in understanding climate risks and adaptation needs for infrastructures. 

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Working paper

18 May 2022

Transformational adaptation to climate change in lower-income countries

This mixed methods study includes a review of the literature on current adaptive capacity indexes and compared the findings with the obstacles and determinants of adaptive capacity and climate change adaptation found in a Ghana pilot case study.

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Working paper

18 May 2022

Addressing the interplay of the Sendai Framework with Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean: Moving forward or going backwards?

This contributing paper addresses the analysis of progresses between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) agendas in LAC and its complementary features.

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Working paper

18 May 2022

Global catastrophic risk and planetary boundaries: The relationship to global targets and disaster risk reduction

This contributing paper presents a literature review on the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework, global catastrophic risk, and planetary boundaries before undertaking a scenario analysis.

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Working paper

18 May 2022

Macroeconomic co-benefits of DRR investment: Assessment using the Dynamic Model of Multi-hazard Mitigation CoBenefits (DYNAMMICs) model

This contributing paper aims to bridge the important knowledge gap between the conceptualization of disaster risk reduction (DRR) benefits and formal theoretical underpinnings and methods for quantifying such multiple benefits.

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Working paper

18 May 2022

Why are people still losing their lives and livelihoods to disaster? 100,000 perceptions of risk from Views from the Frontline 2019

This contributing paper outlines the process and outcomes of the Views from the Frontline programme, a risk assessment approach where communities’ needs and risk perceptions are brought to the forefront of resilience planning.

Documents and publications

Working paper

18 May 2022

The health emergency and disaster risk management: An emerging framework for achieving synergies among the Sendai Framework, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the New Urban Agenda and the Paris Agreement

This contributing paper discusses the potential of the Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM) Framework in promoting synergies in pursing risk-resilient sustainable development pathways.

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Working paper

18 May 2022

Synergies and trade-offs between sustainable economic development and climate change adaptation

This contributing paper aims to ascertain whether two designated sustainable pathways for economic development enable or constrain effective response to climate-related disaster risks.