From disaster response to disaster prevention | Rachel Kyte | TEDxSendai (English)

As Vice President of Sustainable Development, Rachel leads the Bank's global work in agriculture, environment, energy, infrastructure, urban, and social development, as well as global public goods issues in those areas. Before assuming this post in September 2011, she was the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) Vice President for Business Advisory Services, where she focused on delivering more measurable impact for the world's poorest people and in the most challenging environments, including countries affected by conflict. As IFC's Director for Environmental and Social Development, Rachel led efforts to develop new sustainability performance standards, which — through the Equator Principles — are now a global benchmark. Before joining the World Bank Group Rachel worked for IUCN and The World Conservation Union. She has worked within the environment, women's, human rights and health movements, and has held elected positions in Europe and formed and led NGOs. Rachel has served as an advisor, and on the boards of a number of companies, philanthropies, and governments.

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[nuragussalim]

Really love the last sentence, resilience is about you and me and the bonds that bring us together.

[NehatKoqinaj]

Truly a valuable, fair, and all-inclusive custom presentation for leaders at all levels. Thank you.

[jeremiahtheofarr]

It's touching Story and learning as well..❤

[alicemugore]

Great presentation. Very encouraging to note that community participation is critical and that preventing disasters saves resources.

[karenoneal]

I'd like to see her source that supports there having been double the natural disasters in the past thirty years. The list of those disasters must be quite extensive.

[JasmineDorsey-ti]

I love this. Very informative and kept me interested the entire time, easy to understand. Thank you!

[jeremiahtheofarr]

It's also rewarding to learn for future reference..

[BPBDPurworejo]

Mengubah paradigma lama pada masyarakat, mencegah lebih baik daripada mengobati. Pencegahan dan kesiapsiagaan harus terus dikuatkan, menuju masyarakat tangguh bencana.

[DisasterResearchNotes]

Good to learn. Thank you for the story.

[doula]

Good talk. When you live in a populated area with busy people it can be difficult to get people to come together . There are homeless working people who can no longer afford their rent because of hugh yearly rent increases by greedy landlords. It has become a very sad country to live. They do not care if disabled or elderly people are evicted and with no rent controls in place it has become a nightmare. I'm almost 65 with most of my family gone and am not able to work fulltime. Life has become scarey. Now we are facing the threat of a 9.2 Cascadia earthquake in the future. Unlike Japan, the Pacific Northwest has still not retrofitted buildings and bridges to withstand earthquakes or landslides. But we have quite a few bilionaires and millionaires who live here. None of whom have stepped up to help out with any of the local social concerns here.

[pantsharad]

Very clear and practical views on disaster management and disaster resilience. Thanks a lot.

[sugengbralink]

Great and very informative presentation. THANKS

[sugengbralink]

11:02 Rachel Kyte: So, for me personally, when I think of resilience, I think of Top Down policy and investment flows, but I think of Bottom Up building community. For me, resilience is about you, me and the bottoms to brings us together.

[Joslagat]

i love the spirit of fighting disaster always happy to be part of it

[chosenerd]

"And it will be the poor, for it is always the poor"
-Racheal Kyte 2012

[shantnumudgil]

Mem I feel I am infected with cancer. This feeling is horrifying me for the past few years. Please help me.

[chuolgatdin]

This DRR need to be advocated seriously most likely the Man made one because it`s absent in an area is harming people in all extend of health, social economic and political as wel

[haydenfloyd]

That was a real eye opener.
Thank you!
:)

Beautiful and pleasant video, with valuable information, contents and reflections, the ressistence, prevention, mitigation, integral management of disasters ...

[wondererengaimakundanyika]

too many partners may derail mitigation during and post operations