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Margareta Wahlström, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Swedish Red Cross

It is no longer business as usual. From major global businesses to SMEs to small local producers, economic losses from disasters are a growing threat

Catherine Simonet, Development Economics Researcher at ODI, Overseas Development Institute

Disasters such as floods, earthquakes and droughts, have a negative impact on a country’s economic growth, which in turn impacts the poorest and

David Alexander, Professor of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London
On 6th December 1917 two ships collided in Halifax, Nova Scotia. One, the SS Mont-Blanc, bore a cargo of munitions. A fire ignited them and the
Jerry Velasquez, Director of the Division of Mitigation and Adaptation, Green Climate Fund

For the first time in disaster risk reduction, the new global blueprint for reducing disaster risks – the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction

Robert D Watkins, United Nations Development Programme - Bangladesh

Today Bangladesh stands at a vital crossroads in its development path. Having averaged a 6 percent economic growth in the past decade, the country

Kirsi Madi, Director, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Six months after Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti, we know that it made the situation of women and girls even more precarious.

A Government-led

Robert Glasser, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

The Oroville Dam’s structural weakness and the forced evacuation of 200,000 people living in its shadow has seen renewed interest in President Trump’s

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