Hardly anything new can be said in the HFA2 process about managing risk and reducing vulnerability. However, when scoped in detail, both these concepts offer gaps as wide as a gateway to march in. Newer and rarer voices of leaders from Asia and beyond point to these gaps and ways to bridge them through the HFA2 process.

What are minimum standards for managing risks? What do visually impaired women have to say about disaster risk reduction? Which challenges continue on the agenda of recovery from Typhoon Haiyan? To find out answers to such questions, and more, read this issue. This issue is also relevant to upcoming World Humanitarian Summit by the United Nations.