Sustainable Development and the Environment

How well prepared are developing and developed countries to respond to the predicted increase in wind, storm and flood as a result of climate change? What lessons can be learnt from recent best practice to provide an improved immediate response through preparedness, rescue and rehabilitation? What can and should the international community do to better to prepare for and respond to floods in developing countries? What role for the insurance industry? Are governments responsible for those with little or no insurance? This Wilton Park conference continues the series of conferences focusing on the response to natural disasters and the preparedness for them. A conference specifically focused on Prevention for and Recovery from flooding will be the next conference in this series, currently planned for January 2010.

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