Dr Ilan Kelman – University College London

Ilan Kelman from University College London talks about how climate change fits into the disaster risk reduction (DRR) agenda. The UN hopes to sign a new DRR agreement in Sendai in March. Climate change needs to be part of the negotiations, he says, but adds that it must not distract from the root causes of vulnerability, which are the societal issues of people, power and politics.