Building resilience to disasters in the 21st century: Implications of the triple disaster in Japan in a post-Rio+20 world

Type:: Meeting or Conference
Organizer:: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Date:: 18 Jun 2012
Location:: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Venue:: RioCentro T-6 (capacity 120)
Language:: English

Addressing one of the seven critical issues at Rio+20, the purpose of this side event is to reflect on the triple disasters in Japan in 2011 and draw lessons for governance and policy from the international to the local level for developing resilience to hazards in the context of sustainable development in a post-Rio+20 world.