Symposium date: January 29, 2018
Francis Ghesquiere presents a global perspective on the need to improve disaster resilience. He highlights the scale of the challenge, from rapid urbanization in areas at risk of earthquakes and floods, to the increasing frequency and intensity of storms that seemed like myths just a few years ago. He discusses the need for all sectors to participate in planning and to incorporate future trends in population growth, urbanization, and increasing risk due to future environmental conditions.
Francis Ghesquiere heads the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), a global partnership hosted by the World Bank with programs in more than 80 countries. The GFDRR recently published “The making of a riskier future: How our decisions are shaping future disaster risk,” which outlines the drivers of future global disaster risk and makes the case that “tomorrow’s risk is being built today.
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