Planning better for climate disasters 

The World

The frequency and severity of climate-related disasters have skyrocketed in the last 20 years, and it will only get worse, says Mami Mizutori, the head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. On this week’s look at climate solutions on The World’s The Big Fix, Mizutori speaks to host Marco Werman about “disaster risk governance” and other ways that governments can better prepare for a climate change future.

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