World Bank: World must brace for more megadisasters

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World Bank and Japanese government call for shift from reactive to resilient policies

The Fukushima "megadisaster" of 2011 should provide a wake-up call to governments around the world that they need to be prepared for more extreme weather events, rather than waiting to respond when catastrophic...

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