Linking disaster risk reduction, climate change, and the sustainable development goals

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to better link the parallel processes yielding international agreements on climate change, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach - This paper explores how the Paris Agreement for climate change relates to disaster risk reduction and sustainable development, demonstrating too much separation amongst the topics. A resolution is provided through placing climate change within wider disaster risk reduction and sustainable development contexts. Findings - No reason exists for climate change to be separated from wider disaster risk reduction and sustainable development processes. Originality/value - Using a scientific basis to propose an ending for the silos separating international processes for climate change, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable development.