‘Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia: A Collective Approach from South and Southeast Asia’
KATHMANDU: The Centre for South Asian Studies, Consortium of South Asian Think-Tanks (COSATT) and the Regional Project Energy Security and Climate Change Asia-Pacific (RECAP) of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) unveiled a publication titled 'Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia: A Collective Approach from South and Southeast Asia' in Kathmandu, on October 8. Nishchal N Pandey, Convener of COSATT, during his inaugural speech, dwelt on the various natural disasters that the country, as well as the South Asian region, has to face every year and the various disaster risk reduction strategies that are necessary to cope with them. Chief Guest of the event, Saloni Singh, Member of the National Planning Commission, meanwhile shared about the preparations that the government has been making for COP 26, which is scheduled to be held in Glasgow, Scotland. She mentioned that developing countries have been facing risks of natural disasters and it is time that governments across the world got together to address them.
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