Inclusion

The Global Climate Risk Index 2017 analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). This year’s 12th edition of the analysis reconfirms that, according to the Climate

This policy brief examines two earthquakes in Italy – the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake and the 1985 earthquake in Pozzuoli – that led to relocation in the aftermath, but which were implemented ad hoc and lacking normative and policy framework. The brief aims

There was a wide ranging discussion on understanding disaster risk and coherence between the main framework agreements comprising the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.

Areas of north Jakarta, including the seawall designed to protect them, are sinking at an unparalleled rate. There are controversial plans to save the city from catastrophic floods: the so-called Giant Sea Wall and Great Garuda projects. What is not in dispute is the need for urgent action.

This case study examines a Habitat for Humanity India (HFHI) pilot phase for a disaster insurance product to complement and enhance social security measures within its beneficiary communities. The goal of this comprehensive insurance policy is to provide

The inequality of risk, and the unequal way women and men experience and are impacted by crisis, is increasingly important in a world of more frequent and bigger disasters. A 2015 global study found that those responding to disasters are not aware that gender-based violence may increase in disasters, and are neither looking nor preparing for it.

This document provides a quick overview of a project led by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), along with the World Bank, to support the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) in two phases, as well as the Tamil