The third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction ended with an agreement lacking ambition. The conference showed that better communication between the scientific community and decision-makers is needed to develop informed frameworks.
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Walch, C. Expertise and policy-making in disaster risk reduction. Nature Clim Change 5, 706–707 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2680
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