World to gather in Sendai for meeting on risk management, Local voices not invited!

Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012

U.N. data show that more than 200 million people are affected by natural hazards every year and annual economic losses exceed $200 billion. Some disaster experts say investing in disaster resilience instead of disaster response systems is more beneficial and cost-effective.

When a two-day international conference on disasters and development opens Tuesday in the disaster-hit city of Sendai, Japan will have its moment to shine — relating to the world how it survived last year’s catastrophic earthquake and tsunami and sharing lessons about disaster preparedness.

Global leaders, disaster experts and survivors will gather in Sendai for the “Sendai Dialogue,” a meeting hosted by the government and the World Bank to focus on ways to reduce the economic impact of natural disasters.

It will draw lessons from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated vast areas of the Tohoku region, especially in Iwate, Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures.

The dialogue, part of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, which also begin Tuesday, will be attended by finance and development ministers as well as top officials from international institutions including World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.

Delegates are scheduled to visit sites in the disaster-stricken areas, including an elementary school that was one of the few buildings in Sendai’s Arahama coastal district to remain standing after the tsunami.

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Published on Oct 3, 2012 by aristoman007

October 9, 2012 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized