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Translating words into action: We must build resilience into development

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Submitted by Rachel Kyte On Mon, 03/16/2015
Translating Words into Action


World Bank Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change Rachel Kyte speaks from the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction underway in Sendai, Japan, about the need for greater investment in resilience. As the conference was taking place, a Category 5 cyclone swept across Vanuatu, leaving destruction in its wake.

  • Tags:
  • WCDRR 2015 [1]
  • GFDRR [2]
  • Disaster Risk Reduction [3]
  • disaster risk management [4]
  • Climate Change [5]
  • Disasters [6]
  • East Asia and Pacific [7]
  • Japan [8]
  • Vanuatu [9]

Source URL (retrieved on 07/17/2017 - 09:31): http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/translating-words-action-we-must-build-resilience-development

Links:
[1] http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/category/tags/wcdrr-2015
[2] http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/category/tags/gfdrr
[3] http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/category/tags/disaster-risk-reduction
[4] http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/category/tags/disaster-risk-management
[5] http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/category/topics/climate-change
[6] http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/category/tags/disasters
[7] http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/category/regions/east-asia-and-pacific
[8] http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/category/countries/japan
[9] http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/category/countries/vanuatu