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This paper analyses the drought risk in Argentina, taking into account recent information on drought hazard, exposure and vulnerability. 

During the last 20 years, Argentina experienced several extreme and widespread droughts in many different regions

Drought risk as defined here is the likelihood to incur damages and economic losses during and after a drought and depends on the interactions between three dimensions:  

  1. the severity and the probability of occurrence of a certain drought event,  
  2. the

El objetivo de este estudio es evaluar la vulnerabilidad climática de la denominada región de triple frontera, compuesta por tres ciudades vecinas ubicadas en tres países de América del Sur. Las ciudades son Foz do Iguaçu (Brasil), Puerto Iguazú

El Plan Nacional para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres constituye una herramienta de política pública que contempla objetivos y metas que tienen como propósito definir los lineamientos de las políticas relacionadas con la gestión integral del riesgo y

This report examines flood exposure across different regions in Argentina and estimates economic loss and damage potential. It further looks at the financing gaps and differing perceptions in the flood insurance market across different sectors, including

This report reviews the availability of data in Argentina to report against the indicators recommended to measure the global targets of the Sendai Framework, and identify current gaps.

This regional assessment documents experiences on Eco-DRR and its linkages with biodiversity in South America. It highlights key entry points and opportunities to catalyse actions for Eco-DRR that embraces the importance of biodiversity and ecosystems.

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This document attempts to fill knowledge gaps regarding the role of the private sector in disaster recovery and draws from the wider body of knowledge and from documented experiences of past and present disaster planning and recovery.

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