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This study assesses the flood protection benefits of reefs for protecting the most vulnerable people in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Grenada. It aims to support work on nature-based defenses and insurance by testing approaches for assessing

World Bank: US$20m for Grenada to reduce disaster risks, including contingent financing in case of disasters and support for the country’s multisectoral reform program.
World Bank, the
The Untold Story of Water in Climate Adaptation – Part II: 15 Countries Speak is based on an in-depth analysis of 15 countries, examining whether and how their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs)
A new project will improve the resilience and build the institutional capacity of health facilities among four members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.
World Bank, the
CCRIF SPC and the World Bank have extended a climate risk insurance policy for fisheries to also include Grenada and Saint Lucia.
Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the

The objective of this report is to make recommendations for the Government of Grenada (GoG) for the formulation of a country-specific comprehensive disaster risk finance (DRF) strategy, based on the assessment of the legislative, financial management

Over the past 30 years in the Caribbean, floods and tropical storm damage affected 1.5 million people directly and caused over USD 5 billion in damage. The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events stress societies and natural systems

The Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean (CRAIC II) project aims to refine, revive and upscale the Livelihood protection policy (LPP) - (launched in phase I) by making it affordable, valuable and reachable in the Caribbean region. The


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