In the last 20 years, we’ve seen over 1.3 million people killed and more than 4 billion affected by disasters that have cost at least US$2 trillion. It is clear that we will never eradicate poverty or achieve sustainable development goals so long as disasters continue to set back progress. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
[tweetthis url=”http://wp.me/p5Mdaw-zt”]Since 1995, disasters affected 4 billion people costing US$2 trillion. We can change this. #action2015 #wcdrr[/tweetthis]
While weak development choices expose people to disasters, good, risk-informed development makes people and communities more resilient. In this animated video, UNDP explains it’s approach to disaster risk reduction and stresses that ‘if it isn’t risk-informed, it isn’t sustainable development’.