The Indo Pacific Business Summit: Session XIX: Building an Indo – Pacific Alliance to Mitigate Disaster Risks

The Indo-Pacific region faces a daunting spectrum of natural hazards. Climaterelated
disasters have already caused significant damage and loss to
infrastructure in the region. The 2019 Asia-Pacific Disaster Report (APDR)
highlights that 28 per cent of energy, 30 per cent of transport, and 34 per cent of
ICT infrastructure are exposed to multiple hazards. In this era of increasing and
potentially overlapping risks, countries and cities have no choice but to invest
more in strategic resilient development rather than solely on reactive recovery
efforts. This session will seek to discuss how the region can build a more riskinformed
infrastructure system and ways and means of financing such
infrastructure.

Indo Pacific Biz Summit: Session XIX: Building an Indo – Pacific Alliance to Mitigate Disaster Risks.