“Yes, we as geologists do have the skills and knowledge to help fight global poverty!”
Concluding remarks by Joel Gill at the Geology for Global Development (GfGD) Conference 2013, Director GfGD
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“Disaster risk is a function of the hazard, the exposure and the vulnerability.”
Marc Forni, The World Bank
Disaster risk i…
The Costs of Disaster
The cost of disasters.
Image from the “MANAGING DISASTER RISKS for a Resilient Future” brochure made in collaboration with the The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), the government of Japan and the World Bank.
Disasters can affect anyone. The price we pay during a disaster depends on the economic competence of our nation and the level of risk reduction measures that have been taken in preparation for the disaster.
Since 1980 2.3 million lives have been lost to disasters. With only 9% of these events responsible for 48% of the fatalities. Often for low-income states the cost of a natural disaster can exceed 100% of the national GDP (e.g Haiti earthquake, 2010)!
More information at: http://tinyurl.com/8esau
“Tackling climate change is one of our greatest economic opportunities.”
Barack Obama
Tackling climat…
“There is no sustainable development without consideration of disaster risk.”
The United Nations
“The mitigation of earthquake risk requires the knowledge of hazards to be delivered to the people that need it!”
Professor Roger Bilham
CLIMATE AND GEOHAZARDS 