Historically, these events were the primary drivers of disaster recovery preparedness for organizations.
It focuses on the underlying drivers of disaster risk, such as poorly planned urban growth in areas subject to flooding, landslides, earthquakes, cyclones, and the effects of climate change.
Paragraph 6 describes how "More dedicated action needs to be focused on tackling underlying disaster risk drivers, such as the consequences of poverty and inequality, climate change and variability" (UNISDR 2015, p. 4) while Paragraph 13 highlights the importance of "Addressing climate change as one of the drivers of disaster risk" (UNISDR 2015, p. 6).
Paragraph 13 is entirely about respecting climate change's territory through stating that "Addressing climate change as one of the drivers of disaster risk, while respecting the mandate of the UNFCCC [footnote 6], represents an opportunity to reduce disaster risk in a meaningful and coherent manner throughout the inter-related intergovernmental processes".
"Weather and climate are major drivers of disaster risk and this report demonstrates that the world is paying a high price in lives lost," Margareta Wahlström, head of UNISDR, said in a statement following the report's release.
Fossil fuel consumption has now joined the traditional drivers of disaster risk such as poverty, inappropriate land use, weak building codes, the disappearance of protective ecosystems and lax governance, as drivers of preventable loss of life, displacement and loss of livelihoods.
Climate change, particularly when coupled with underdevelopment, environmental degradation, and urbanization, is becoming one of the most important drivers of disaster risk.
Because most of its territory is located in tropical and equatorial areas, climatic factors are a main driver of natural disasters in Latin America.
But it is understood that urbanization, environmental degradation, climate change, mismanagement of natural resources, conflicts, state failure, and "bad" governance are universally recognized as important drivers of increased disaster vulnerability (Frerks 2010).
