Building resilience, and predicting and responding to disasters costs money. Our success in reducing their impacts comes from an increase in knowledge and scientific understanding. Meteorologists can model storm tracks. Engineers work with seismologists to design buildings that can withstand extreme forces. Agricultural innovations mean that our food systems can weather and bounce back from shocks. But the success also comes from being a lot richer. These sophisticated networks and infrastructure need money. There’s no point in designing quake-proof buildings if no one can afford them. No
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