Natural disasters: how can we do better?
- Speakers: Dame Barbara Stocking and Cameron Sinclair
- Chair: Martin Bell OBE
- Date & Time: Tuesday 6:00pm 25th May, 2010
- Venue: Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Haitians set up impromtu tent cities through the capital after an earthquake measuring 7 plus on the Richter scale rocked Port au Prince, Haiti on January 12, 2010. Photo by UNDP
The earth is a hazardous place; natural disasters will continue to happen.
But how can we improve our response to them and ensure this benefits vulnerable communities worldwide in the long-term?
Join our expert international panel to explore this issue further and put your questions to them.
Speakers include BARBARASTOCKING Chief Executive of Oxfam GB and CAMERONSINCLAIR, Founder of Architecture for Humanity, which is a volunteer non-profit organization set up to promote architecture and design to seek solutions to global social and humanitarian crisises.
Discussion will be chaired by MARTINBELL OBE, UNICEF UK Ambassador for Humanitarian Emergencies and former BBC war correspondent.
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