“Disaster risk management must become part of the investors’ mindset,” Margareta Wahlstrom told Devex in an email interview. The UNISDR chief discussed the Hyogo Framework for Action, the 10-year action plan developed in 2005 to reduce disaster losses, its impending successor and the vital role the private sector plays in building a more resilient world.
She answers the following questions: The HFA expires in 2015, what are its milestones so far? What are the prominent points being made for the new framework to succeed the HFA, and in what ways will it differ from the current one? What sort of activities should the international community be investing in more to mitigate the impact of disasters and become more resilient? How do you plan to mobilize more funding for these activities amid austerity measures in many traditional donor countries?