The General Assembly resolution 72/279 emphasizes the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) as the primary instrument for planning and implementing UN development activities at the country level in alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The UNSDCF employs a multidimensional approach to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) risk analysis, summarizing key risks and assessing capacities to prevent, resist, absorb, adapt, respond, and recover from hazards and shocks.
Given the significant impact of climate change and disasters on people, planet, prosperity, and peace, the UN system has prioritized the design of risk-informed Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks. Consequently, a Guidance Note on Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in the UNSDCF was developed by the global UN Disaster Risk Reduction Focal Point Group in 2020, with input from United Nations country teams from all regions.
This course focuses on the development of Common Country Assessments (CCA) as an integrated, forward looking, and evidence-based analysis of the country’s context for sustainable development as established in
the UNSDCF. The CCA serves as an essential step in integrating risk reduction and climate change adaptation across the UN system’s policy and programme support.