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Hello colleagues, I am looking for some brief suggestions for how to distinguish DRM and DRR. I am using the IPCC SREX definitions, pasted below. Could you please tell me if (1) you agree with them and (2) you have another, better (and hopefully more simple) way of distinguishing these two things? Do you think the definitions below reflect the way that climate change people view DRM/DRR? There were obviously lots of disaster risk people involved in the SREX (including many of you) but ultimately it was an IPCC-driven report. Thanks! Disaster risk management (DRM) Processes for designing, implementing, and evaluating strategies, policies, and measures to improve the understanding of disaster risk, foster disaster risk reduction and transfer, and promote continuous improvement in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery practices, with the explicit purpose of increasing human security, well-being, quality of life, and sustainable development. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) 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. Lisa -- ............................................................................. Lisa Schipper, Ph.D. +84 (0)162 62 89444 .............................................................................