Risk precaution

Risk precautions are those measures and actions implemented in advance to prevent new risks or to prevent them from developing and intensifying. Such risk precaution can happen from individual to political decision levels reducing danger and identifying vulnerabilities early on.

Flood protection and water resource management

Risk management and climate risks

Risk Screening Tool

Climate change and disasters pose a growing threat to development. The tool helps development professionals to screen for climate change and disaster risks during project preparation and sectoral- and national-level planning.

 

Institution: Worldbank
Language: English
Type of material: Screening Tool/ Decision support tool
Target audience: (Political) professionals

Suitability evaluation: 

Natural Hazard Tool

This is a new web-based tool enabling non-specialists to consider the impacts of disasters on new development projects. Users can quickly assess the hazard of i.e. river flood within their project area to assist with project planning.

 

Institution: GFDRR
Language: English, French, Spanish
Type of material: Screening Tool/ Decision support tool
Target audience: Professionals

Suitability evaluation: