The phrase 'risk management capacity' is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to an organization's ability to identify, analyze, prevent, and manage potential risks. For example, "The company recently invested in strengthening its risk management capacity to better protect its data and assets from external threats."
Past experience in disaster risk management capacity building underlines the importance of training the trainers at national and local levels.
According to a review of disaster risk management capacity in Montserrat carried out by UNDP (2010), the focus of DRM activities is too often related to the Soufrière Hills volcano, with insufficient emphasis on a multi-hazard approach.
Accordingly, the paper brings forward the policy recommendations, including: diversifying peasants' income channels, increasing non-agricultural income and reducing the dependence on agriculture; improving government's risk management capacity and establishing drought emergency management programs; developing rural micro-credit capital markets and a variety of intermediary organizations.
Investing in shifting mentalities, attitudes, and behavior, utilizing the right leadership, and putting in place risk management capacities seem the real priorities and not so expensive tasks.
Understanding this priority, more than financial resources, requires a shift in understanding risk and developing risk management capacities, and moving beyond the traditional and still high priority emergency management task.
Specialized, DRR-dedicated institutions must focus on identifying, assessing, and managing risk as their main task, with influence in all development sectors in order to ensure the inclusion of risk management capacities in their programs.
In addition to a high exposition to extreme events, impacts in SSA are heightened by weak disaster risk management capacities, and a high vulnerability among the population (Hellmuth et al. 2007).
Overall, the study assesses the vulnerabilities of Algiers when dealing with climate change and natural disasters up to 2030, and proposes a set of recommendations to improve risk management capacities of the Wilaya of Algiers.
The methodology proposed in this study used 11 socio-economic and spatial variables related to open spaces distribution, biodiversity and ecosystem services, water supply requirement, water quality risks, water management capacity and climate change pressures.
"This decision shows that it's too expensive to establish the significant and costly risk management and cleanup capacity infrastructure needed to protect our communities from the enormous spill risks associated with drilling in this part of the world.
"They're very good at fund management processes, but risk management is beyond their capacity," he says.
