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UNISDR's Margareta Wahlström on the Nitty-gritty of Disaster Risk Reduction

By Ramesh Jaura and Katsuhiro Asagiri
SENDAI, JAPAN, Mar 17 2015 (IPS)

IPS Editor in Chief Ramesh Jaura talked to Margareta Wahlström – head of UNISDR, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General – in Sendai, Japan, at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) from 14 to 18 March 2015, exploring the outcome of the conference and its implication for funding and transfer of technology, the future of official development assistance (ODA) and the crucial role of the civil society in general and faith-based organisations in particular in reducing disaster risk.

 

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