BEIJING, CHINA: “Let us make science work towards building resilient communities,” says Senator Loren Legarda before scientists and experts in the field of disaster risk reduction, during the opening of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Conference 2014 on June 7 in Beijing, China. Legarda, UN Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, explained that information, statistics and studies on natural hazards, disaster risks and climate change should be communicated to and understood by governments and communities to effectively build resilience.