Jun 25

Jun 25 Crown Princess Victoria digitally takes part in 5th UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disaster

Today, Crown Princess Victoria digitally took part in the Opening Plenary Session of the 5th UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disaster. The theme of the virtual session was “Building Back Better towards More Resilient and Sustainable Post-COVID-19 World”.

During the session, guests and speakers shared experiences and promoted “actions to realize a more sustainable, resilient and climate-adaptive post-COVID-19 world based on the lessons learned from the Pandemic.”

In her pre-recorded video message, Crown Princess Victoria said: “The topic to be discussed today is literally a matter of life and death. Disaster risk must not only be reduced; in order to cope with the growing number of climate-related disasters, we need to improve our ability to anticipate risk and take anticipatory action. 2020 was a challenging year with the COVID-19 pandemic affecting practically the whole world. It was also a year with a record-high number, more than 40 million people, being displaced. More than 30 million of the displacements were triggered by disasters. Clearly, the high-level experts and leaders panel on water and disasters has a key role to play in addressing climate-related disasters”.