With an Eye Toward the Future: Building Resilience in a Changing World

worldbank.org - Habiba Gitay / Sofia Bettencourt
January 10, 2014

Typhoon Haiyan, the Category 5 super storm that devastated parts of the Philippines and killed thousands late last year, continues to remind us, tragically, of how vulnerable we are to weather-related disasters.

As the images of destruction and desperation continue to circle the globe, we’re also reminded that those most at risk when natural disaster strikes are the world’s poor – people who have little money to help them recover and who lack food security, access to clean water, sanitation and health services.

Over the last year, as one major extreme weather event after another wreaked havoc and claimed lives in the developing world, terms such as "resilience" and "loss and damage" have become part and parcel of our efforts here at the World Bank Group – and for good reason.

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Building resilience : integrating climate and disaster risk into development - the World Bank Group experience (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (English)
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18513435/building-resilience-integrating-climate-disaster-risk-development-world-bank-group-experience-vol-1-2-main-report

Building resilience : integrating climate and disaster risk into development - the World Bank Group experience (Vol. 2 of 2) : Executive summary (English)
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/11/18513799/building-resilience-integrating-climate-disaster-risk-development-world-bank-group-experience-vol-2-2-executive-summary