Disaster Risk and its Reduction: Who Is Responsible?

The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström explores the configuration of disaster risk globally and explains why "extreme weather and geological outbursts... need not lead to disasters." If effective action is not taken, disaster...

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Published in:The Fletcher forum of world affairs 2009-10, Vol.33 (2), p.153-158
Main Author: Wahlstrom, Margareta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate Change
Congresses and Conventions
Disasters
International Cooperation
Risk
United Nations
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Summary:The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström explores the configuration of disaster risk globally and explains why "extreme weather and geological outbursts... need not lead to disasters." If effective action is not taken, disaster risk will steadily grow and may result in catastrophes that erase development gains and destabilize countries around the globe. International agreements such as the Hyogo Framework for Action and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change can help governments manage and reduce their country's disaster risk in a changing climate. Moreover, efforts to systematically link disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation represent a policy breakthrough that must be reinforced through implementation.
ISSN:1046-1868