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Introductory Remarks by Katja Samuel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 December 2019

Katja Samuel
Katja Samuel*
Affiliation:
Global Security and Disaster Management, Ltd.
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Extract

The scale and impact of disasters is rising exponentially, with insurance sector cost estimates for “natural” disasters increasing from $188 billion (2016) to $300 billion (2017). In response, the global shift since the 1990s, reflected in the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) (2015–2030), has been toward concentrating resources on disaster prevention and mitigation, including through improved preparedness and response mechanisms.

Type
The Critical Contribution of Law Toward Global Efforts to Mitigate Disaster Risk
Information
Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 113 , 2019 , pp. 127 - 128
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 by The American Society of International Law

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Footnotes

This panel was convened at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, March 28, 2019, by its moderator, Katja Samuel of Global Security and Disaster Management, Ltd., who introduced the panelists: Kirsten Bookmiller of Millersville University Center for Disaster Research and Education; Giulio Bartolini of the Roma Tre University Department of Law; Michael Cooper of The Ploughshare Group LLP; and Hugo Cahueñas of the Universidad San Francisco de Quito Colegio de Jurisprudencia.