How to include and empower the vulnerable in disaster risk reduction Hugh MacLeman, Special Advisor, British Red Cross ODI, 25 November 2014

Links between poverty and disaster risk

>Up to 325 million extremely poor people living in the 49 most hazard exposed countries by 2030 >Poverty reduction as a component of risk reduction  Vulnerability and exposure to hazards  Poverty as a driver of disaster risk >Disaster risk reduction as a component of poverty reduction  Disaster resilience and poverty

Poverty and disasters in post-2015 processes

>Post-2015 framework for DRR  Focus on vulnerable countries but not on people living in poverty  Moving from resilience to risk prevention and risk reduction may have a more positive impact for the poor >World Humanitarian Summit  Recognises the increasing number of poor people in hazard prone environments and differentiates urban and rural poor >Post-MDGs / Social Development Goals  Considers a broader set of hazards with a more nuanced understanding of poverty

Poverty and disasters: Gaps and opportunities

>Context-specific and differentiated understanding of both disasters and poverty >Increased understanding of the interaction between disaster risk reduction and poverty reduction strategies >Recognising both the opportunities and the limitations of people’s engagement in decision making processes >Strengthening coherence with both the proposed sustainable development goals and the World Humanitarian Summit dialogue