I le le maalofia ma ogaoga o le tau o le "fou masani," o atinaʻe ma atunuʻu atiaʻe e tatau ona fuafua mamao e ala i le faʻatali atu o iʻuga o le atinaʻe poʻo le feagai ma le faʻatupulaia o le tamaoaiga o le tamaoaiga, e tusa ai ma le Malo Aufaatasi faʻaititia o faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi.

I le taʻua ai o timuga tetele, na matua lolovaia ai itu itu i matu o Ausetalia ma mea na faaleagaina e oʻo atu i le $ 1 piliona, o le Failautusi aoao a Ban Ki-moon, o le sui faapitoa mo le faaititia o tulaga lamatia o mala, Margareta Wahlström i le aso, na ia talosagaina se toe iloiloga faanatinati o le tagata soifua i le mea ua taʻua o le natura. faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi, faʻapitoa ma le faʻatauaina o iloiloga o tulaga lamatia.

"I le UN, o lo matou fiafia o le suia lea o le manatu o faʻalavelave e 'masani ai' ma mafua ai tagata e talia o faʻalavelave na 'faia e tagata' ma e tatau ona fuafuaina mo," o lana tala lea. “Faʻatasi ai ma fuafuaga, o le a mafai ai ona faʻaititia le afaina pe a oʻo mai afa ma isi mea matautia. Afai tatou te faʻaauau pea le togafitia o faʻalavelave e pei ona motusia o tatou gaioiga, e leai se mea o le a suia. Ma e tumau pea ona matou lamatia i le sili atu taugata faaleagaina. "

Ms. Wahlström faauluuluga o le failautusi mo le UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), o se auivi na faaaogaina e Sui Usufono o le Setete i le 2000 e aofia ai le tele o faʻalapotopotoga, Setete, malo ma faʻalapotopotoga tumaoti (NGOs), faʻalapotopotoga faʻalapotopotoga, faʻatekonolosi tino ma sosaiete lautele. .

"Faʻatasi ai ma suiga o le tau ua atili ai ona le mautonu ma ogaoga, tau o lenei malosiʻaga ono avea ma masani i vaega uma o le lalolagi seʻi vagana ua tatou vave suia le auala tatou te mafaufau ai ma tali atu i faʻalavelave faʻafuaseʻi," o lana tala lea i le aso, ma taʻua ai le $ 1 piliona tala faatatau.

"O le ki i le faʻaititia o aʻafiaga o faʻalavelave o le vaʻai totoʻa i taunuʻuga o lo tatou tamaoaiga ma agafesootai atinae, ma ia mautinoa o lamatiaga iloiloga avea ma masani masani o le fuafuaga. O fea tatou te faʻaalia ai i tatou i ni tulaga le tatau ai? I tulaga e iloa ai lamatiaga, o a mea e mafai e malo ma alalafaga ona fai ina ia atili olaola ai le sosaiete? Ma faʻafefea ona saofaga tagata lautele i le fausiaina o le maufetuunaʻiga? "

I le amataga o le masina nei, na lapataia ai e Ms.Wahlström, o paʻu tetele o le kiona i totonu o Europa, o faailoga ia e ono sauniuni le lalolagi e faafetauia suiga o le tau.

I le tausaga atoa 2010, o se vaega o lana polokalame "Making Cities Resilient", ua unaʻi ai e le UNISDR malo i le lotoifale e faia ni suʻesuʻega o tulaga lamatia, atofa se tala o le tupe mo le faaititia o tulaga lamatia o faalavelave faafuaseʻi, tausia ni atinaʻe taua e faaititia ai tulaga lamatia, ma ia mautinoa le aʻoaʻoina ma le aʻoaʻoina i le faaitiitia o tulaga lamatia.

Ia Novema, na asiasi ai Ms. Wahlström i Cairns i matu i sasaʻe o Ausetalia, le aai muamua na auai i le tauiviga. O Cairns foi o le taulaga muamua lea i le Setete o Kuiniselani na i ai le faamoemoe-fausia, vaega-5 o afā mo le faamaopoopoina o mala. E oʻo mai i le taimi nei, e 159 taulaga ua auai i le tauvaga, ma o le a fefaʻasoaaʻi o latou poto masani i le Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction e talimalo ai UNISDR i Geneva, mai le 8 i le 13 Me.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

“The key to reducing the impact of disasters is to anticipate the consequences of our economic and social development, and to ensure that risk assessments become a routine part of planning.
“At the UN, our interest is to change the view that disasters are ‘natural' and to cause people to accept that disasters are ‘man-made' and must be planned for,” she said.
So far, 159 cities have joined the campaign, and will share their experiences at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction to be hosted by UNISDR in Geneva, from 8 to 13 May.