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Plenary: Rethinking Risk Management Approaches & Practices: Africa’s Vulnerability to Natural Hazards, Climate Change, Forced Displacement, Conflict, and Pandemics

Related Event

  • Understanding Risk & Finance Conference

Related Countries

  • Ethiopia

Related Regions

  • Sub-Saharan Africa

Event Summary

Session Leads

  • Colin Bruce, Senior Advisor and Designated IASC Principal, Office of the President, World Bank Group
  • Mukesh Kapila, Professor of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the University of Manchester

Speakers

  • Musa Ecweru, Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Uganda
  • Anne Juepner, Director, Global Policy Centre for Resilient Ecosystems and Desertification, UNDP
  • Sunkarie Kamara, Mayor, Makeni, Sierra Leone
  • Mahboub Maalim, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
  • Florian Neutze, Disaster Risk Management Focal Point, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany
  • Alasan Senghore, Africa Regional Director, IFRC

Description

The range of risks faced by African countries is complex. As in many other regions, these risks often converge in ways that exacerbate vulnerability. This session focused on rethinking current approaches to ensure that the fundamentals of risk management, which are common across all of these issues, are a core part of efforts to build resilience and protect growth.

Watch the video, “Rethinking Risk Management”, by Stephan Bachenheimer, below:

Session Resources

  • Rethinking Risk Management Powerpoint
  • Rethinking Risk Management Opening Video by Stephan Bachenheimer
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