Disaster and Crisis Governance
The Global Risks Forum (GRF)
Topics at Disaster and Crisis Governance: the pages in this section are listed below, each with its own scope and status.
The Disaster and Crisis Governance topics are the eight subject dossiers of its field, among them disaster authority and mandates, multi agency coordination, and early warning governance. Each dossier sets out how the risk develops, what is measured and in which units, the public sources and their licences, the methods, who decides and the limits of the evidence.
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Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sunset clause | A provision that ends a power or law automatically on a set date unless it is renewed. |
| Cluster approach | Humanitarian coordination by sector groups, each with a designated lead agency accountable to the humanitarian coordinator. |
| Early warning system | An integrated system of hazard monitoring, forecasting, risk assessment, communication and preparedness that enables timely action, as UNDRR defines it. |
| Risk communication | The exchange of information and advice between experts, authorities and people facing a threat so they can protect themselves. |
| Business continuity | The capability of an organization to continue delivering products and services within acceptable time frames during disruption, in ISO terms. |
Competent authorities and legal roles.
TopicCross-institution cooperation under stress.
TopicResponsibility for decisions and warnings.
TopicPublic trust and accessible information.
TopicOperator and public coordination.
TopicReconstruction, funding and accountability.
TopicCommunity involvement and inclusion.
TopicExercise governance and learning.
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