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Conflict is considered a frequent driver of disasters (Meyers 1991).
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Elsewhere in the SFDRR, the importance of vulnerability is raised and the message is relatively clear that vulnerability is the fundamental driver of disaster risk.
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".
In his address to the UN General Assembly this week, he spoke about the classic drivers of disaster risk in the 21st century.
"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.
The system is the latest development in what promises to be a new generation of safety systems that go beyond simply warning drivers of impending disasters — it actually takes control of the car to prevent them.
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