2013 Global Assessment Report for Disaster Risk Reduction

ther $180 billion The Bad News Fewer than one in six small businesses have business continuity plans. GVR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction Estimated average losses from earthquakes and cyclonic wind every year. The third edition of UNISDR's flagship publication, the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR), is entitled "From Shared Risk to Shared Value: The Business Case for $2.5 trillion Our ability to build resilience has not kept pace with our ability to grow. Disaster Risk Reduction". Learn more and download the Global Assessment Report for Disaster Risk Reduction. The direct cost of disasters in the 21st century - at least 50 percent higher than previous estimates. unisdr.org/we/inform/gar The Good News Invest Mexican fisherman whose livelihoods With the private and public sectors working together we are moving from creating shared risks to creating shared value. were devastated by Hurricane Isidore invested in risk management that saved each on average $35000 when Hurricane Wilma hit three years later. New Zealand electricity distributor Orion invested $6 million in seismic The market for climate change adaptation is estimated at $100 billion a year until 2050 representing a huge opportunity for business. strengthening and saved $65 million in potential losses in the Christchurch Private Public earthquakes. UNISDR Save The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Date: 10 May 2013 | OCHA Humanitarian Symbol (2012): http://goo.gl/A5sdT | Businessperson designed by Devochkina Oxana from The Noun Project |Find out more about UNISDR: http://www.unisdr.org In Scotland partnerships have reduced flooding in 28 of the country's 29 local authorities.