ALM UNDP

Summary:

Introduction Unquestionably, a wealth of experience and expertise exists within governments and organizations; however the majority of this knowledge is never documented, compiled, nor shared. Filling this knowledge gap is a key objective of the International Recovery Platform and the Guidance Notes on Recovery: Climate Change, along with its companion booklets, are an initial attempt to begin building a knowledge base on disaster recovery. IRP hopes that this collection of the successes and failures of past experiences in disaster recovery will serve to inform the planning and implementation of future recovery initiatives. ##### Audience The Guidance Notes on Recovery: Climate Change is intended for use by policymakers, planners, and implementers of local, regional and national government bodies and all other organizations interested or engaged in facilitating a more relevant, sustainable, and risk-reducing recovery process. ##### Content The Guidance Notes on Recovery: Climate Change draws from documented experiences of past and present recovery efforts, collected through a desk review and consultations with relevant experts. The collected materials are presented in the form of cases, loosely organized under several key issues and approaches. The document provides analysis of many of the cases, highlighting key lessons and noting points of caution and clarification. The case study format has been chosen in order to provide a richer description of recovery approaches, thus permitting the reader to draw other lessons or conclusions relative to a particular context.