"Based on analysis of data from 1996-2015, Myanmar was ranked second in long-term climate risk index (Kreft, et al., 2016), indicating higher impacts of climate events within the 10-year period. This, even with Myanmar recording the least number of climate events among the countries included in the list (i.e. Myanmar recorded 41 climate events; the nine (9) other countries had climate events ranging from 44 to 283). The current socio-economic conditions in Myanmar make it more susceptible to impacts of hazard events – cutting across lives, livelihoods and assets. Hazard impacts are disproportionately higher on the poor and vulnerable. With high degree of poverty in Myanmar’s rural areas, even low-intensity hazards have big impacts on households. In rural communities, the poor often live in remote areas in low-quality housing, and lack access to basic services and local infrastructure, all of which affect their ability to deal with hazard events (Government of the Union of Myanmar, 2015). Historical hazard events, and their impacts, offer views on the susceptibility of the vulnerable. Analysis suggests that climate-related events are likely to be exacerbated by climate change, and their impacts aggravated by environmental degradation (ibid), which are expected to redound to increased economic and social losses. Climate information of various timescales (historical data, 1-3 days forecast, 5-10 days forecast, monthly and seasonal outlook, and long-term climate change projections) could, when applied seamlessly and meaningfully, reduce the impacts of hazards and promote productivity. Effective disaster risk management/reduction and improved resilience requires ingestion of climate information of different timescales in plans and decisions. Understanding of capacities and gaps in climate information generation and application could guide interventions for enhancing availability, understanding, translation into sector-relevant information, and application of most viable response options, for improved disaster risk reduction and resilience..."