IPCC Report.pdf - Adam Curry

Managing the Risks: International Level and Integration across ScalesChapter 7Table of ContentsExecutive Summary .................................................................................................................................3967.1. The International Level of Risk Management..........................................................................3987.1.1. Context and Background..................................................................................................................................................3987.1.2. Related Questions and Chapter Structure .......................................................................................................................3987.2. Rationale for International Action ...........................................................................................3987.2.1. Systemic Risks and International Security.......................................................................................................................3997.2.2. Economic Efficiency..........................................................................................................................................................3997.2.3. Shared Responsibility.......................................................................................................................................................4007.2.4. Subsidiarity ......................................................................................................................................................................4017.2.5. Legal Obligations .............................................................................................................................................................4017.2.5.1. Scope of International Law, Managing Risks, and Adaptation .........................................................................................................4017.2.5.2. International Conventions ................................................................................................................................................................4027.2.5.3. Customary Law and Soft Law Principles...........................................................................................................................................4027.2.5.4. Non-Legally Binding Instruments......................................................................................................................................................4027.3. Current International Governance and Institutions.................................................................4037.3.1. The Hyogo Framework for Action....................................................................................................................................4037.3.1.1. Evolution and Description.................................................................................................................................................................4037.3.1.2. Status of Implementation .................................................................................................................................................................4047.3.2. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change....................................................................................4067.3.2.1. Evolution and Description.................................................................................................................................................................4067.3.2.2. Status of Implementation .................................................................................................................................................................4067.3.3. Current Actors ..................................................................................................................................................................4087.3.3.1. International Coordination in Linking Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation ...............................................4087.3.3.2. International Technical and Operational Support..............................................................................................................................4097.3.3.3. International Finance Institutions and Donors..................................................................................................................................4107.4. Options, Constraints, and Opportunities for Disaster Risk Managementand Climate Change Adaptation at the International Level....................................................4117.4.1. International Law.............................................................................................................................................................4117.4.1.1. Limits and Constraints of International Law.....................................................................................................................................4117.4.1.2. Opportunities for the Application of International Law ....................................................................................................................4127.4.2. International Finance .......................................................................................................................................................4127.4.3. Technology Transfer and Cooperation..............................................................................................................................4147.4.3.1. Technology and Climate Change Adaptation....................................................................................................................................4147.4.3.2. Technologies for Extreme Events ......................................................................................................................................................4167.4.3.3. Financing Technology Transfer ..........................................................................................................................................................4177.4.4. Risk Sharing and Transfer.................................................................................................................................................4187.4.4.1. International Risk Sharing and Transfer............................................................................................................................................4187.4.4.2. International Risk-Sharing and Transfer Mechanisms .......................................................................................................................4187.4.4.3. Value Added by International Interventions .....................................................................................................................................4207.4.5. Knowledge Acquisition, Management, and Dissemination .............................................................................................4217.4.5.1. Knowledge Acquisition .....................................................................................................................................................................4217.4.5.2. Knowledge Organization, Sharing, and Dissemination .....................................................................................................................422394