Disaster risk reduction (Q495)

Subject, term, tag: Disaster risk reduction

Disaster risk reduction (DRR)

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Disaster risk reduction	Subject, term, tag: Disaster risk reduction	Disaster risk reduction (DRR)

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source version

IPCC Glossary v1.5

1 reference

Source

https://apps.ipcc.ch/glossary/

date accessed

27 May 2026

Part of

Working Group II: Climate Change 2022 – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability

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Definition

Denotes both a policy goal or objective, and the strategic and instrumental measures employed for anticipating future disaster risk; reducing existing exposure, hazard, or vulnerability; and improving resilience. From Wikipedia Disaster risk reduction (DRR) sometimes called disaster risk management (DRM) is a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disaster. It aims to reduce socio-economic vulnerabilities to disaster as well as dealing with the environmental and other hazards that trigger them. (English)