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Business case for DRR

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These resources explore the economic, social and environmental dividends of investing in disaster risk reduction. Read more about the business case for DRR.
 

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Documents and publications
2021

Multiple resilience dividends at the community level: A comparative study on disaster risk reduction interventions in different countries

This report discusses the costs of disasters that have been rising in many parts of the world due to an increase in exposed and vulnerable assets as well as the effects of climate change, including changing weather patterns and sea-level rise. Investments

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
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Insurance for vulnerable families cuts rural poverty and the cost of aid by half

If failed rains compromise the vegetation that keeps their animals alive, a family may have to choose between either selling off animals or skipping meals.
University of California, Davis
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Mitigation saves: A resilient runway at Portland International Airport could save up to $50 for every mitigation dollar invested

A new case study and webinar will present key findings about a seismically resilient runway.
National Institute of Building Sciences
Documents and publications
2021

Portland International Airport (PDX) resilient runway benefit-cost analysis

This study supports the Portland International Airport to study the long-term benefits of investing in a seismically resilient runway. 
National Institute of Building Sciences
Documents and publications
2021

Enabling private investment in climate adaptation and resilience: Current status, barriers to investment and blueprint for action

This report identifies ways to overcome key barriers to private sector investment in adaptation and resilience, laying out a coordinated and data-driven Blueprint for Action to help governments and their development partners to close the adaptation

World Bank, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the
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Wetlands have saved Australia $27 billion in storm damage over the past five decades

Recent research shows 54 cyclones struck Australia between 1967 and 2016. The damages would have totalled approximately A$30 billion, if not for coastal wetlands.
Conversation Media Group, the
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Wildfire: Demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of mitigation

Providing the cost-benefit analysis for mitigation can demonstrate to insurance companies the need to adopt risk reduction strategies instead of withdrawal strategies.
Risk Management Solutions
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Cost-benefit of building resilience in transport systems: What do we know?

The COVID crisis revealed another critical dimension: building redundancy in transport networks to avoid disruptions in the global supply chains.
World Bank, the
Documents and publications
2018

Understanding and increasing finance for climate adaptation in developing countries

This report explores the current state of finance for climate adaptation and proposes practical, near term solutions to both fill in knowledge gaps and to increase investment. It intends to provide a practical guidance to the state of the art in

Adelphi Climate Policy Initiative
Documents and publications
2020

How states can manage the challenges of paying for natural disasters

From wildfires in the West to hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Eastern Seaboard, natural hazards are becoming more frequent and more severe throughout the United States. Ensuring that public funding is available to respond to, recover from

The Pew Charitable Trusts