Impact Trust • Working glossary

Build back better

The principle that post-disaster reconstruction should not simply restore what existed before but should create infrastructure, systems, and communities that are more resilient to future shocks and aligned with long-term sustainability.

Details

Context introduced

Well-established in humanitarian vocabulary; Laurie connected it to the passive house example from LA wildfires where environmental building standards provided fire resilience. The concept bridges adaptation and mitigation – rebuilding as an opportunity to shape the future.

Source

UNDRR, Sendai Framework, humanitarian reconstruction

Source / First Appears In

Strategic Climate Risk TDT session / Multisolving TDT session

Authors

Impact Trust team