GAR Special Report on Drought 2021
Wadid Fawzy Erian, Roger S. Pulwarty, J. Vogt, Khaled Abu-Zeid, F Bert, Michael Brüntrup, H. El-Askary, M. de Estrada, F. Gaupp, Mike Grundy, T. Hadwen, Michael Hagenlocher, G. Kairu, Nicolina Lamhauge, Wenbo Li, Robin Mahon, Rachel Alves Maia, Eduardo Sávio Passos Rodrigues Martins, Isabel Meza, M. de los Milagos Skansi, Andreja Moderc, G. Naumann, Roberta Negri, Samuel T. Partey, Guillermo Podestá, María Magdalena Flores Quesada, N. Rakhmatova, Juanita Riley, Roberto Rudari, Jothiganesh Shanmugasundaram, D. Silveira Reis, Charanjeet Singh, P. Spennemann, G. Srinivasan, Robert Stefański, Andreja Sušnik, Mark Svoboda, A Trotman, Daniel Tsegai, Olcay Ünver, C. VAN MEERBEECK, Marthe Wens, Samira Abdullaeva, AnilK Agarwal, David Ballantyne, Dmitry Belikov, O. Belorussova, Gaia Bonnet, G.G. Brown, Thomas Browne, C. Cammalleri, J.G. Conijn, K. Ehlert, Linda Fagan, Gulchekhra M. Khasankhanova, Ayşegül Kibaroğlu, Ralf Klein, Y. Kovalevskaya, Anne van Loon, Marco Massabò, A. Miguel Saraiva, Hans de Moel, Virginia Murray, R. R. Nemani, B. Nishonov, H. Özgüler, Dee-Yu Pai, V. Pascual, V. Rakhmatova, Kandela Ramesh, V. Richards, Lauro Rossi, A. Savitskiy, G. Schaan, L. Shardakova, Jonathan Spinoni, Roger D. Stone, S. Stoute, A. R. Subbiah, R. Tarayannikova, Doğan Yıldız, Stuart Young, Robert B. Zougmoré
Abstract
The risks that drought poses to communities, ecosystems and economies are much larger and more profound than can be measured. The impacts are borne disproportionately by the most vulnerable people. Drought impacts are extensive across societies – they interconnect across large areas, cascade through socioecological and technical systems at different scales, and linger through time. A lack of awareness of such characteristics, including the consistent underestimation of the cost of drought impacts, can lead to ineffective response and systemic failure. As understanding of the globally networked aspects of drought and other complex risks improves, the changes required to reduce risk and improve the experience of drought become possible. This Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) Special Report on Drought 2021 aims to take a clear step forward in building that awareness.