1. joint Saving Lives and Livelihoods: Natech Risk Reduction from a Humanitarian Perspective Wendy Cue Chief, Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit OCHA Emergency Services Branch Geneva, Switzerland Saving Lives and Livelihoods

2. Presentation outline  Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit  Why natech risk matters in the future of humanitarian aid  Addressing natech risk  Opportunities for collaboration

3. “ An environmental emergency is defined as a sudden onset disaster or accident resulting from natural, technological or human-induced factors, or a combination of these, that cause or threaten to cause severe environmental damage as well as harm to human health and/or livelihoods. ” UNEP, 2001 Environmental Emergencies

4. Technical expertise Prepared Response Humanitarian coordination + = Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit

5. RESPONSE PREPAREDNESS ENVIRONMENT IN HUMANITARIAN ACTION Areas of Work

6. UNEP / OCHA and natech response Philippines Solomon Islands Serbia

7. Future of humanitarian aid

8. URBANIZATION CLIMATE CHANGE INDUSTRIALIZATION ENVIRONMENTALDEGRADATION Why natech risk matters

9. (Some) Global challenges

10. Focus on affected communities

11. 2. Coordination – environment and disaster communities 4. Contingency planning, response capacity Natech risk reduction in the disaster cycle 5. Assessment 6. Resilience / building back better 1. Multi-hazard risk analysis 3. Education, awareness

12. 1. Multi-hazard risk analysis Jointly adressing climate, disaster and technological risk; Central Asia Industrial hazard identification; Kenya

13. 2. Coordination Multi-stakeholder workshop on emergency preparedness; Tajikistan Industrial accidents in tsunami scenario response exercise; Italy

14. 3. Education, awareness Latest News Reliefweb Newsfeed Upcoming Events Essential Tools Register for online learning modules Environmental Emergencies Centre http://www.eecentre.org

15. 3. Education, awareness 3-hour modules open source multiple languages learning management system

16. 4. Contingency planning Chemical accident prevention and preparedness; Madagascar Awareness and preparedness for emergencies at local level;Argentina

17. 5. Assessment Oil spill caused by typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda in Estancia, Iloilo Province, Philippines Flooded tailings dam, Solomon Islands Use of Flash Environmental Assessment to identify and prioritize flooded industrial facilities; Serbia

18. 6. Resilience Disaster waste management after typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda; Philippines

19. Increased collaboration between disaster management, environment and humanitarian communities – join the Environmental Emergencies Centre Community (www.eecentre.org) Scientific assessments and support to guidelines and tools (FEAT) development Engagement in country preparedness and response work, trainings, assessments Advocacy – Environmental Emergencies Forum, Oslo, June 2014 Opportunities for collaboration Mangroves showing new growth after an oil spill, Bangladesh © Joint UNEP/OCHA

20. www.unocha.org/unep www.eecentre.org www.unocha.org/unep www.eecentre.org joint