Today more than ever, I believe in the power of Disaster
Risk Reduction. In the power of understanding risk and acting
on it in timely fashion to make sure that our society can continue to function
even in presence of extreme hazardous events. There is already an extensive community
of people who has been working hard to engrave
in the hearts and minds of politicians, technocrats, decisions makers and people in general that we
“ the human race” have the power to
manage our own risk and minimize the risk of disaster. Yet despite our progress
we have to be honest in recognising that we have not yet achieved our goals.
