- Disaster and climate resilience are inextricably linked to development.
- Resilience is a particular concern for Africa, an engine of growth for the future with regions that are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
- At the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, African leaders met with the heads of the UN and World Bank to discuss international support for Africa's promising development future and integrating disaster risk management and resilience into development.
As Africa grapples with persistent drought affecting millions in the Sahel and flooding that endangers lives and livelihoods in Mozambique, the role of disaster resilience in the continent’s promising development future is increasingly clear.
Those risks and securing Africa’s development future brought UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim together with African leaders and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this past weekend to mobilize support behind Africa’s development and to mobilize an international consensus to integrate disaster and climate risk considerations in development policy and programs.
See full Press Release:
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/06/03/resilience-vital-africa-development-future
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