The purpose of this guidance is to help UNICEF and its partners better assess and manage risk. This includes risks related to fragility, violent conflict, disaster, climate change, epidemics, and economic instability. The guidance complements and supports our work on Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation, Social Protection, Emergency Preparedness and Peacebuilding; it also brings a child-centred, risk-informed approach to both the humanitarian action and development programming of UNICEF and our partners.