1. CLIPS WORKSHOP APPLICATION OF CLIMATE INFORMATION IN DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
PRESENTED BY
COL (RTD) B S WENDO
DIRECTOR NATIONAL (DISASTER) OPERATIONS CENTRE
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
KENYA 1

2. DISASTER A SERIOUS DISRUPTION OF THE FUNCTIONING OF A SOCIETY,
CAUSING WIDESPREAD HUMAN,
MATERIAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL
DAMAGE AND LOSSES WHICH EXCEED
THE ABILITY OF THE AFFECTED
SOCIETY TO COPE USING ONLY ITS
OWN RESOURCES 2

3. BROAD CATEGORIES OF DISASTERS
NATURAL - RAPID ONSET
FLOODS
EPIDEMICS
EARTHQUAKES
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
NATIONAL - SLOW ONSET
DESERTIFICATION
DROUGHT
FAMINE 3

4. COMPLEX DISASTERS - OFTEN COMBINATIONS THAT TRIGGER
HUMAN MADE
CROWD INCIDENTS
TERRORISM
WAR AND CONFLICT (ACTIVE
DISAGREEMENTS)
DEFORESTATION
COMPLEX DISASTERS - OFTEN COMBINATIONS THAT TRIGGER
OTHER DISASTERS
WAR AND CONFLICT
FAMINE
REFEUGEES
EPIDENMICS
ENVIROMENTAL/ECOLOGICAL 4

5. SOME CAUSAL FACTORS POVERTY POPULATION GROWTH RAPID URBANIZATION
TRANSITIONS IN CULTURA
PRACTICES
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
LACK OF AWARENESS AND
INFORMATION
WAR AND CONFLICT
EXTREME CLIMATIC IMPACT 5

6. CLIMATE INFORMATION IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT
WE KNOW THAT 75% OF ALL NATURAL DISASTERS
ARE CAUSED BY OR INFLUENCED BY CLIMATIC
CONDITIONS. EXTREME CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ON
THEIR OWN ARE SOME OF THE WORST TRIGGERS
OF DISASTERS. THE REMAINING 25%, CAN BE
COMPLICATED BY CLIMATE. EVEN OTHER
DISASTERS CAN BE INFLUENCED BY CLIMATE. 6

7. DISASTER MANAGENENT CONTINUUM
PREVENTION
MITIGATION
PREPAREDNESS
RESPONSE
RECOVERY
RELIEF
REHABILITATION
RECONSTRUCTION
DEVELOPMENT/PLANNING 7

8. AIMS OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT
REDUCE OR AVERT POTENTIAL LOSS OF LIVES OR PROPERTY AND OR DAMAGE OF ENVIRONMENT
ASSURE PROMPT AND APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED
ACHIEVE RAPID AND DURABLE RECOVERY FROM DISASTERS/IMPACTS 8

9. CLIMATE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT CONTINUUM
PREVENTION, MITIGATION, PREPAREDNESS
WHAT
WHEN
WHERE
EXTENT
INTENSITY
DURATION 9

10. RESPONSE
WHAT
WHEN
WHERE
EXTENT
INTENSITY
DURATION 10

11. RECOVERY RELIEF REHABILITATION RECONSTRUCTION WHAT WHEN WHERE EXTENT
INTENSITY
DURATION 11

12. DEVELOPMENT/PLANNING
WHAT
WHEN
WHERE
EXTENT
INTENSITY
DURATION 12

13. CONCLUSION YOU MAY HAVE UNLIMITED RESOURCES, BUT, YOU
NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE WHAT
CLIMATE CAN DO TO AND INFLUENCE YOUR
PLANNING, PREPAREDNESS, MITIGATION, RESPONSE,
RECOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT. CLIMATE
INFORMATION AND DATA CAN NOT BE IGNORED IN ANY
OF THE PARTS OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT
CONTINUUM. IT FORMS A CORE FACTOR THAT WILL
ALWAYS INFLUENCE YOUR DECISIONS. YOU IGNORE IT,
YOU CERTAINLY FAIL. 13

14. THANK YOU