Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Disasters on Environmental Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

In 2015, three global agendas were adopted by the member states of the United Nations (UN): the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR), the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs), and the Paris Agreement. As is often pointed out, these three global agendas are mutually related. For instance, the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (2017) illustrated that reducing vulnerability and enhancing resilience fall at the intersection of the three areas—disaster risk reduction (DRR), SDGs, and climate change adaptation (CCA). In addition, the SFDRR is considered to be an integral part of the SDGs, as described in the co-chairs’ summary of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2019) which was held in Geneva in May 2019. At the same time, the SFDRR notes that “disasters, many of which are exacerbated by climate change and which are increasing in frequency and intensity, significantly impede progress towards sustainable development,” and thus DRR is expected to have a catalytic role in scaling up actions that can be taken to facilitate climate adaptation and resilience. Based on the global recognition indicated above, it is of great significance to mitigate the impacts of climate disasters in a holistic and transdisciplinary way, as has been requested by the three inter-related global agendas outlined above, namely the SFDRR, the SDGs, and the Paris Agreement. It is expected that this Special Issue will comprise valuable papers on different dimensions of DRR and CCA that focus on mitigating the impacts of climate disasters from the standpoint of environmental sustainability.

Dr. Daisuke Sasaki
Guest Editor

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• disaster risk reduction (DRR)
• climate change adaptation (CCA)
• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR)
• 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs)
• Paris Agreement
• climate disaster impacts
• environmental sustainability
• disaster science
• development studies
• transdisciplinary approach