As each day passes we see yet another example – from the utter failure to cope with the migrant crisis to the increasing disaster of the euro.
Sure we can continue to stave off these increasing disasters, at an enormous expense of course, but we simply cannot and will not be successful at adapting to the changes we are on a course to experience indefinitely.
The status of increasing disaster risk in Brunei is perceived here as the result of a poor diagnosis of the country's disaster condition, which has led to the prioritization of structural measures for flood loss reduction.
But it is understood that urbanization, environmental degradation, climate change, mismanagement of natural resources, conflicts, state failure, and "bad" governance are universally recognized as important drivers of increased disaster vulnerability (Frerks 2010).
"We now face a future of increasing natural disasters".
Premium increases, against a backdrop of increasing weather disasters and strained state finances, will focus Congress' attention on weaknesses in the catastrophe insurance framework.
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From scientific researches, we definitely see the increasing trend of disasters recorded each year since 1960s.
But there is a problem with instruments like these: They tend to focus on relatively short-term risks, and don't hedge against the increasing cost of disasters over distant future years.
"We know we need to increase global food security by 60%... Bearing in mind that around 50% of global food production is produced by these 2.5 billion smallholders, we have a huge challenge ahead of us, and an increasing number of disasters affecting these people," Burgeon said.
