The WIM ExCom, under its current five- year rolling workplan, implements its activities through five strategic workstreams which also form the basis of the thematic work carried out by its five expert groups. The following five strategic workstreams enhance cooperation and facilitation in relation to:

1. Slow onset events;
2. Non-economic losses;
3. Comprehensive risk management approaches (including assessment, reduction, transfer and retention) to address and build long-term resilience of countries, vulnerable populations and communities to loss and damage, including in relation to extreme and slow onset event;
4. Human mobility, including migration, displacement and planned relocation;
5. Action and support, including finance, technology and capacity-building, to address loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change.