Technical Briefing on Terminology

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1 Technical Briefing on Terminology Latest Consultative Process to Update the 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction Dr. Delilah al Khudhairy Global Security and Crisis Management Unit Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen Palais des Nations, Geneva 4 September 2015

2 UNISDR s 2nd Inter-governmental Preparatory Committee Meeting (PREPCOM2) in Geneva (Nov 2014) Disagreement on terms: 7 countries vote to replace Disaster Risk Management (DRM) by Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), while seven others vote not to Need to define terms clearly and unequivocally

3 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Scientific and Technical Advisory Group

4 Terminology for SFDRR Scope, Targets, Indicator and Monitoring Framework Need for clear definitions e.g. Affected people Disaster Direct disaster economic loss Critical infrastructure Basic services Multi-Hazard early warning system Disaster risk information

5 UNISDR STAG Terminology working group International Team of Experts Members all continents different organisation types (international organisations, national governments, private, scientific organisations, ) different expertise (health-related, physics of disasters, economists, operational agencies, DRR practitioners, ). Consultation process Mid 2014 August 2015 Workshops, meetings, telconfs., correspondence

6 Similar Consultation Process for DRR Terminology Updates

7 Methodology and Consultation Process (1) Phase 1 (September 2014 February 2015) 53 UNISDR-2009 terms Propose updated definitions for key terms Phase 2 (March August 2015) Identification of key terms, including new terms, in the Adopted SFDRR, that need to be defined Propose definitions Proposed Updated terminology on DRR for the OEWG on Indicators and Terminology Report on the technical Review Proposed, updated, definitions for existing and new terms

8 Methodology and Consultation Process (2) Phase 1: Systematically update the definition of the top ten most used terms of the 53 UNISDR-2009 terms Statistical corpus-based usage analysis of the terms over 15 years Observations: Most commonly used terms: Risk, Disaster, Response, Capacity, Hazard, Vulnerability, Mitigation, Preparedness, Prevention Terms with growing usage: Climate Change, Adaptation, Resilience Most commonly used definitions: UNISDR-2009, Global Assessment Report, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, International Organization for Standardisation (ISO) Phase 2: Propose definitions for terms in the SFDRR Especially those used in the formulations of the scope and the targets. Review definitions produced in Phase 1 Proposals for new definitions Final result: definition proposals for 81 terms

9 Resources DRR Corpus (English) Purpose: Analyse real-life DRRM term usage over time Identify new frequently used terms Size: >30,000 documents Sources: PreventionWeb Google Scholar, Springer Link, Science Direct Private sector documents Conference web sites

10 Resources DRR Collection of Glossaries (English) Number of glossaries: 221 Objective: Analysis of existing definitions for a given term, and their variance Ensure inclusion of all important aspects. Use as basic definition if useful and refine (Most used source: UNISDR 2009; also used: GAR, IPCC, UNFCCC, ).

11 Results of the Update Process Definition proposals for 81 terms Produced by international team of specialists. Detailed minutes of the discussions that explain the choices; Based on 15-year term usage analysis; Based on well-established definitions A Technical Review To inform the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Expert Group on Indicators and Terminology Main Features History of DRR Terminology, Methodology and Consultation Process Proposed Updated DRR Terminology

12 List of Proposed Updated terms (81)

13 List of terms defined (81) Based on 2004 Terminology Based on 2009 Terminology or adapted New Term 2015 Disaster risk Extensive risk Intensive risk Underlying disaster risk drivers Climate change Greenhouse gases Adaptation El Niño-southern oscillation phenomenon Sustainable development Environmental degradation Vulnerability Exposure Environmental impact assessment Ecosystem services Land-use planning Capacity Capacity development Building code Retrofitting Resilience Coping capacity Risk Risk assessment Disaster risk reduction National platform for disaster risk reduction Peer review Disaster risk reduction plan Disaster risk governance Acceptable risk Risk transfer Financial protection Residual risk Risk information Public awareness Structural and non-structural measures Disaster management Disaster risk management Prospective disaster risk management* Prevention Compensatory disaster risk management Corrective disaster risk management Mitigation Preparedness Early warning system Multi-hazard early warning system Forecast Response Emergency management Contingency planning Emergency services Recovery Reconstruction Rehabilitation Build back better

14 List of terms defined (81) Based on 2004 Terminology Based on 2009 Terminology or adapted New Term 2015 Hazardous event Disaster (small-scale, large-scale, frequent and infrequent, slowonset, sudden-onset) Disaster impact Affected people Directly affected Killed Injured or ill Displaced Relocated Evacuated Indirectly affected Disaster damage Basic services Critical infrastructure Economic loss Direct economic loss Replacement cost Indirect economic loss Hazard Natural hazard Hydro-meteorological hazard Geological hazard Biological hazard Man-made hazard Technological hazard Socio-natural hazard Environmental hazard