2. SOME OF OUR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PREVENT “CHECKMATES” DURING 2013 AND BEYOND Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA

3. PREMISE: A GLOBAL PROBLEM IS ALSO A GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY

4. BACKGROUND

5. USING THE PAINTING, “CHECKMATE” TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT WE MUST DO IN 2013 AND BEYOND

6. “CHECKMATE”

7. THE PAINTING A story that illustrates the point. As a tour guide took a group through an art gallery, he stopped before a painting entitled Checkmate. The guide talked about the painting, and then moved on.,

8. “THE DEVIL VS FAUST” The chess game was between the devil and Faust, who had sold his soul to the devil. It appears as if the devil had won. The devil has a smirk on his face, as if waiting for the final verdict, Checkmate!

9. HOPE, WHEN THERE IS NO HOPE But one of the group stayed behind, staring at the chess pieces on the chessboard in the painting.

10. “THE KING HAS ANOTHER MOVE” The young man who stayed to study the painting was a world class player. When the tour group was two corridors away, they suddenly heard their stray member running down the marble hallway to catch up, shouting, "It's a lie! It's a lie! The king has another move. Another move!“

11. WE ALWAYS HAVE ANOTHER MOVE TO PREVENT OUR CHECKMATES

12. PRESENT STATUS OF OUR WORLD 7 billion people, and counting, --- Living and competing in an interconnected global economy,--- Producing $60 trillion of products, --- And, facing many complex problems.

13. OUR WORLD IS AT RISK FLOODS SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS DROUGHTS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES WILDFIRES

14. OUR “CHECKMATE” TYPE PROBLEMS IN A NUTSHELL Rapidly increasing annual socio- economic impacts from natural, technological, and environmental hazards

15. MEDITERRANEAN REGION’S HAZARDS EARTHQUAKES FLOODS DROUGHTS LANDSLIDES TSUNAMIS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EARTHQUAKES FLOODS DROUGHTS LANDSLIDES TSUNAMIS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

16. SUB-SAHARA AFRICA’S PROBLEMS AND HAZARDS POLITICAL INSTABILITY FLOODS DROUGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON AIR, WATER, AND SOIL ENDANGERED SPECIES HEALTH CONCERNS POLITICAL INSTABILITY FLOODS DROUGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON AIR, WATER, AND SOIL ENDANGERED SPECIES HEALTH CONCERNS

17. EUROPE’S HAZARDS FLOODS CLIMATE CHANGE SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARTHQUAKES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION FLOODS CLIMATE CHANGE SEVERE WINDSTORMS EARTHQUAKES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

18. LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN BASIN’S HAZARDS HURRICANES EARTHQUAKES/TSU- NAMIS FLOODS CLIMATE CHANGE LANDSLIDES VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS HURRICANES EARTHQUAKES/TSU- NAMIS FLOODS CLIMATE CHANGE LANDSLIDES VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

19. SOUTH AMERICA/CARIBBEAN BASIN’S HAZARDS HURRICANES EARTHQUAKES/TSU- NAMIS FLOODS CLIMATE CHANGE LANDSLIDES VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS HURRICANES EARTHQUAKES/TSU- NAMIS FLOODS CLIMATE CHANGE LANDSLIDES VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

20. PACIFIC REGION’S HAZARDS SEVERE WINDSTORMS FLOODS EARTHQUAKES/TSU- NAMIS WILDFIRES SEVERE WINDSTORMS FLOODS EARTHQUAKES/TSU- NAMIS WILDFIRES

21. ASIA’S HAZARDS FLOODS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS CYCLONES/TYPHOONS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES DROUGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION FLOODS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS CYCLONES/TYPHOONS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES DROUGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

22. INDIAN OCEAN AREA’S HAZARDS FLOODS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS CYCLONES/TYPHOONS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES DROUGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION FLOODS EARTHQUAKES TSUNAMIS CYCLONES/TYPHOONS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES DROUGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

23. NORTH AMERICA’S HAZARDS FLOODS HURRICANES EARTHQUAKES TORNADOES ICE STORMS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES FLOODS HURRICANES EARTHQUAKES TORNADOES ICE STORMS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS LANDSLIDES

24. EASTERN NORTH AMERICA’S HAZARDS FLOODS HURRICANES EARTHQUAKES TORNADOES ICE STORMS LANDSLIDES FLOODS HURRICANES EARTHQUAKES TORNADOES ICE STORMS LANDSLIDES

25. ACTION NEEDED: Protecting people, buildings, infrastructure, and enterprise in communities in every region that are at risk from floods, severe windstorms, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and wildfires.

26. OUR “CHECKMATE” TYPE PROBLEMS IN A NUTSHELL Conflict, terrorism, and large-scale migration of people

27. ACTION NEEDED: Maintaining and renewing aging infrastructure (city lifelines) in cities and megacities that are experiencing rapid growth in population with associated demand for services.

28. START DECREASING THE RISK START DECREASING THE RISK

29. STOP INCREASING THE RISK STOP INCREASING THE RISK

30. OUR “CHECKMATE” TYPE PROBLEMS IN A NUTSHELL Education and training

31. ACTION NEEDED: Using computer technology and disaster scenarios to create innovative education and training programmes.

32. EDUCATION EDUCATION GOAL: DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR ACADEMIA FUNCTIONAL NETWORKING CHANNELS INFORMATION NETWORKING CHANNELS ORGANIZATION NETWORKING CHANNELS INNOVATION COMMUNITYSTAKEHOLDERS Stratec Consulting

33. OUR “CHECKMATE” TYPE PROBLEMS IN A NUTSHELL Universal health care needs; increasing risks from pandemic diseases

34. ACTION NEEDED: Identifying the site-independent and site- specific factors affecting wellness and illness.

35. OUR “CHECKMATE” TYPE PROBLEMS IN A NUTSHELL Chronic hunger in many regions and a universal need for clean water.

36. PROBLEM: Conserving and managing the short supply of potable water in many areas of the world needing water for personal use as well as for industrial use and agricultural use.

37. THE REALITY The quality of our life on Planet Earth depends on our ability to devise, implement, and sustain a realistic, set of policies and programmes to solve our complex problems.

38. 2013 is the time for a concerted and sustained international effort to solve our problems.

39. A LEGACY FOR 2013 - - - AND BEYOND We solved our global “CHECKMATE” TYPE problems.