Recent floods underscore need for action
A regional meeting on disaster risk reduction and climate change wrapped up yesterday with officials pointing to the recent flooding as a reason to take immediate action to prepare for disasters. “We must not sleep or wait for donors to take action,” Ross Sovann, deputy secretary-general of the National Committee for Disaster Management told the ninth meeting of the regional consultative committee of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre. “We must draft a plan before a disaster happens,” he added…
