Aalst wants to address the risks – and want to find solutions how to scale up in anticipating coming risks. “Over 100 million people have been thrown into poverty by the pandemic”, explains Aalst, “it makes people more vulnerable. Our challenges have grown.” There are several problems intermingled, the question is how they can be confronted.
Mizutori explains that anticipation is getting much more important to prevent catastrophes. But the quality and quantity must be improved to help even more people. “Not waiting until a disaster strikes needs a huge political agenda”, emphasizes Mizutori. What is also very important: it has to happen in the long-term and it has to happen much faster. “It is important to know what happened in the past, but we also have to create plans to prevent future events.”