“We are eager to exchange experiences and lessons learned from Florianopolis’ civil defense and protection programs and learn from UR22 participants to improve disaster prevention and build urban resilience.”
Topázio Silveira Neto
“Disasters happen everywhere, but they disproportionately affect the most vulnerable populations. The World Bank is proud to be part of the UR community to continue promoting knowledge exchange and collaboration to increase our understanding of risk, reduce risk, and respond more efficiently to disasters.”
Johannes Zutt
“These events are essential, because people from all over the world open their minds and hearts to share what they have achieved in the field of disaster management, so we can increase our capacity to protect people, heritage, and cities. Because one single person doesn’t understand risk enough.”
Alexandre Lucas Alves
“We have been preparing for disasters with measures we have used for decades or centuries. In a world of multi-hazard risks, we need to wear new lenses to do our work better: hands-on, systems thinking, emotion, tiny changes making big differences. Lenses come from different disciplines and cultures. What lenses can you bring?”
Emiliano Rodriguez Nuesch
