Legislating for resilience is the next frontier of disaster risk reduction

Building disaster resilience is essential to safeguarding lives, economies, and the stability of future generations.
Jasper National Park
The cost of disasters like the 2024 Jasper wildfire have consumed about five to six per cent of annual gross domestic product growth since 2010, write Kamal Kishore and Senator Rosa Galvez. Parks Canada photograph by Luuk Wijk
Opinion
BY KAMAL KISHORE, ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ
June 29, 2026

As disasters grow more frequent and costly worldwide, governments must keep pace with the one tool that can fundamentally reduce risk: legislation.

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