Business case for DRR

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These resources explore the economic, social and environmental dividends of investing in disaster risk reduction.

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2022
This working paper analyzes the full benefits of climate change adaptation investments, divided into three types of dividends.
World Resources Institute
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2022
This report aims to fill some of the gaps in understanding the full scale and scope of disaster displacement. Most of the disaster displacement recorded globally has taken place in the Asia and Pacific region.
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
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2022
This brief presents a return on investment (ROI) model presented which aims to quantify and qualify the benefits of investments in emergency telecommunications preparedness.
World Food Programme
What kinds of financial and economic benefits would political entities be able to sustain if there were more investments in appropriate DRR strategies? ESG investing helps shift the mindset from a short-term perspective on disaster impact.
International Science Council
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2022
This contributing paper discusses the relevance of the methods and case studies in informing global, national and local policymakers and decision-makers who are involved in understanding climate risks and adaptation needs for infrastructures. 
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Understanding the true cost of disasters is critical for governments to develop policies to deal with them. Historically, calculations have been based on toting up insurance claims and government aid. But these don’t account for intangible social costs.
Conversation Media Group, the
The Tampa Bay Partnership today launches a new report titled, Making the Economic Case for Resilience in Tampa Bay, highlighting the economic implications of more frequent flooding and sea-level rise and the benefits of adaptation.
City of Tampa
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2022
This study evaluates the economic benefits of the technology use to the farm sector in the Red River of the North Basin (RRB). As part of the Hudson Bay drainage system in North America, the RRB has been subject to Spring River flooding in the past century.
Journal of Flood Risk Management (Wiley)
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2021
This study contributes to the evidence base that investments in Nature-based Solutions for freshwater management are economically preferred.
Deltares
Clam Pass river that travels through the marsh estuary that leads down to Clam Pass Beach in Naples, Florida, USA
Coastal wetlands reduce the damaging effects of tropical cyclones on coastal communities by absorbing storm energy in ways that neither solid land nor open water can.
Conversation Media Group, the