Q&A: UN Resident Coordinator for the Maldives, Andrew Cox

'I think adaptation is also very important – people need to be able to manage risk more than they can at the moment. Generally speaking we estimate that for every dollar spent on disaster risk mitigation you save $10 in losses when a natural disaster strikes – the economics are quite obvious,' said newly-appointed UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for the Maldives, Andrew Cox, during an interview with the Maldives-based news agency, Minivan.