act. We must invest in 'no regrets' activities. We know what works: early warning systems, public awareness campaigns, strengthening and enforcing building codes, and protecting critical infrastructure. Key sectors of development -- such as health, education, water and sanitation, and food security -- must ensure that their activities and infrastructure are disaster-resilient. Sustainability demands resilience. We must increase resilience through integrated efforts in critical areas such as livelihoods, livestock management, water management, and social protection. We must factor disaster and climate risk management into development policies and planning, and those most at risk -- local communities -- must be key partners in building resilience. We must deliver humanitarian assistance in a way that supports recovery and ensures we rebuild safer and more resilient communities. If we don't, natural hazards will continue to be disasters and an obstacle to the achievement of sustainable development, including the Millennium Development Goals. Much could also be gained through better communication, links and synergies among various development frameworks and agendas. With this in mind, we call for the incorporation of disaster risk reduction in any future framework for sustainable development. We call for strong and strategic language on disaster risk reduction in the Outcome Document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development -- language that recognises disaster risk reduction as fundamental to achieving sustainable development and places it at the heart of the future development agenda. We call for greater coordination between international agencies, civil societies, private sector, non-government organisations and research institutions with national