Disaster discussion should be on G20 agenda: Willis

Climate change and disaster risks should be regular touch points for discussion among world leaders gathering at G20 summits, according to Rowan Douglas, chief executive of Willis Re Analytics.

Douglas told a major scientific conference in London, United Kingdom that the inclusion of climate and disaster risk on the agenda of the upcoming G20 meeting May is a good start, but these topics need to become a staple for international summits.

“My aim is for G20 meetings to start to include a short- to medium-term climate and environmental risk forecast, as well as an economic risk forecast,” Douglas told the Planet Under Pressure conference, which addresses biodiversity, climate and sustainability challenges, as reported by Insurance Day.

“That would start to mainstream climate and environmental risk in thinking in the G20 countries.”