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Financing DRR

Τhis theme covers economic analysis supporting risk-informed investments, better investment planning and financing strategies for disaster risk reduction, cost-benefit analysis and other DRR investment appraisal techniques, and ex-ante/ex-post financing.

This theme at the moment also addresses post-event economic loss and impact assessments.

When Guatemala analysed how public money was spent on disaster risk and climate action, a clear picture emerged: prevention was underfunded — and opportunity was being missed.

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Documents and publications
Early warning systems and anticipatory action: the fiscal case for pre-disaster financing

The guide, previously published in 2023, expanded its coverage to include an analysis of anticipatory action and early warning systems and the fiscal case for pre-disaster financing.

Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP)
Update
Resilience projects need funding. Green banks could help them reach new investors, one researcher says

A hybrid institutional capital model could package small infrastructure resilience projects to make them attractive to institutional investors, a new research paper proposes.

Smart Cities Drive
A Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) volunteer, during an early warning drill in Chila village, Bangladesh
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Ready before the river rises: a new public-private financing model for protecting communities in Bangladesh

The government has designed what it calls a "continuum of support", a two-instrument financing package that layers government resources on top of existing humanitarian delivery systems.

Financial Protection Forum (World Bank)
Training course
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Handbook for Financial Institutions: Climate Adaptation Finance
To support Financial Institutions globally, GCA developed the Handbook on Climate Adaptation Finance, a practical resource designed to help them integrate climate adaptation into their strategies, operations, and financing activities.
  • Global Center on Adaptation
Close-up of a senior adjusting a digital smart heating thermostat at home
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People are getting financial incentives to use less electricity during heat waves

Smart thermostats and connected devices are helping some utilities reduce strain on the grid.

Yale Climate Connections
Green finance focuses on climate-conscious investments, driving sustainable economic development while balancing business growth with environmental responsibility.
Blog
Dr Neekhil Bhowoniah
Climate finance integrity is the next frontier in disaster preparedness
Climate finance integrity ensures that funding reaches frontline disaster preparedness efforts. Using Mauritius as a case study, this post highlights how centralised financial bottlenecks stall local infrastructure delivery, leaving communities exposed.
Financing implementation of the comprehensive school safety framework: Policy brief thumbnail
Documents and publications
Financing implementation of the comprehensive school safety framework: Policy brief

This policy brief provides a first entry point for governments who have endorsed or are implementing aspects of the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF) to identify potential financial resources they can access, and how to secure them.

Global Alliance for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience in the Education Sector (GADRRRES)
Zambia crisis and disaster risk financing diagnostic thumbnail
Documents and publications
Zambia crisis and disaster risk financing diagnostic

The objective of this report is to summarize Zambia’s financial preparedness to crises and disasters at the sovereign, firm, and household levels. In this context, the focus is on the fiscal implications of the emergency response to shocks for the GRZ.

World Bank, the
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