PERC Medley 2023
Cross-learning to improve disaster resilience globally
Overview
This latest summary report of lessons learnt and recommendations is based on more than 20 PERC event reviews altogether. It focuses on the most recent disaster events that the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance (“Alliance”) and its partners have analyzed using the award-winning PERC methodology . It follows a series of previous PERC summaries, the latest one from 2020.
The Post-Event Review Capability (PERC) provides a process and framework for the systematic analysis of a disaster event, focusing on how a specific hazard event became a disaster. PERC uses a system-wide approach to review disasters, analyzing across scales and sectors, and all five aspects of the disaster risk management cycle—prospective and corrective risk reduction, preparedness, response, and recovery. It provides a bird’s-eye view of why the event manifested in the way it did and how resilience might be built.
Authors: Michael Szönyi (Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.), Karen MacClune, Rachel Norton, Barbara Rosen Jacobson (Mercy Corps)
Citation: Szönyi, M., MacClune, K., Norton, R., Jacobson, B.R. (2020). PERC Medley 2023: Cross-learning to improve disaster resilience globally. Zurich Insurance Company Ltd..
Funded by: The Z Zurich Foundation
The Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance is a multi-sectoral partnership focused on enhancing resilience to climate hazards in both rural and urban communities.
