Read the World Bank blog here, co-authored by Francis Ghesquiere (Head of GFDRR Secretariat) and Olivier Mahul (Program Manager for the Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program). Images from the event can be found on GFDRR's Flickr page.
The development community increasingly recognizes that natural disasters threaten the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This places disaster risk management (DRM) firmly on the global development agenda. With the world’s poorest countries receiving less than 20% of the development financing for disaster risk, a core part of that effort will be to establish adequate and easily accessible funding options to build resilience in poor and vulnerable countries. Co-hosted by the European Union, the Government of Japan, USAID and the World Bank, this seventh instance of the Resilience Dialogue series will explore emerging and innovative financing strategies for the implementation of disaster and climate resilience programs.
Moderator:
Kathleen Koch, Author and Former CNN Correspondent
Keynote address:
Tatsuo Yamasaki, Vice Minister for Finance for International Affairs, Japan
Special concluding remarks:
Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response
A discussion with:
Rachel Kyte, Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, World Bank Group
Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response
Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, USAID
Akihiko Tanaka, President, Japan International Cooperation Agency
Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister, Grenada