Disaster risk reduction must secure a place in all budgets, UN expert says

Source(s): Devex

A realization of disaster risk reduction’s role in saving money and lives is underway. But convincing governments and other donors to invest in DRR remains a hard sell, according to Mami Mizutori, the U.N. secretary-general special representative for DRR.

“You would think it is rational to put more money in making infrastructure resilient or making schools safer, and that might be in the back of the head, but it really does not translate into action of putting money in it,” Mizutori told Devex.

“The awareness is kicking in and I do believe this will change the mindset of people, but it has not done so quickly enough. What happens is that we still go through this vicious cycle of a disaster hitting, response relief, reconstruction, and then a disaster comes again,” Mizutori continued.

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