MONDAY, MARCH 16 | 10:00-11:30AM | HOTEL METROPOLITAN | SENDAI, JAPAN
The World Bank/GFDRR, the Government of Japan, the European Commission and USAID hosted a special round of the Resilience Dialogue series as part of the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR). To better safeguard aid and development against disasters, this high-level dialogue explored how to scale up and sustain funding and implementation of disaster and climate risk programs to advance post-2015 resilience goals.
MODERATOR
Aiko Doden, Senior News Correspondent, NHK
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Isshu Sugawara, State Minister of Finance, Japan
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Margareta Wahlström, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
A DISCUSSION WITH
Anote Tong, President, Kiribati
P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, India
Helen Clark, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
Claus Sørensen, Director-General, Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
Rachel Kyte, World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change
Thomas Staal, Assistant Administrator, USAID