The climate is changing with soaring disaster risk and this is no longer a myth while the frail debate is with its kinds (whether the change is mostly natural or mostly human-induced). Apart from the cause of changing, each society of the present world aims to attain resilience in the face of obviously happening and impending disaster risks related to climate as well as climate change. Achieving resilience is also the central goal of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. The advancements of human society, government, and community that have been made through years and years are susceptible to disaster. Without building up disaster resilient infrastructure and society, it will be hard for us to alleviate poverty, eradicate hunger, slaking social inequalities, and extenuating vulnerability of poor and marginalized groups of the society as well as meet up the goals of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)-2030. With a strong adaptable society, we can reduce economic loss, human casualties and save people from becoming more exposed to vulnerability through experiencing repetitive disasters. It is time to place a strong emphasis on the systematic study of the global environment and incorporate disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate resilience approaches in planning, implementation, and maintenance phases of any development activities carried out by the government, public or private sectors. DRR and resilience should always be consider as the most prioritized issues in our decision making and practices. The detail study of modern day disaster and climate resilience through exploring earth and climate science, social science, engineering, and management aspects is monumental to understand the intricate interplay of terrestrial processes with the built environment and develop a perceiving of complex dynamics of climate, its system, and their interaction with human interventions. The climate change with resultant frequent emerging hazards and severity has made it necessary to investigate the underlying causes of those disasters and to develop an effective management strategy to build a safe and resilient society.

This sub-theme includes-

  • Innovative DRR Technology and Risk Modelling
  • Towards Urban Resilience
  • Social Systems for Risk Governance
  • Resilience in a Changing Climate and Policy Research