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The InsuResilience Solutions Fund under the InsuResilience Global Partnership Vision 2025 is spearheading a series of innovative insurance projects across the world to protect millions of vulnerable people from climate-induced disasters.

Nearly a year after an earthquake killed around 3,000 people and destroyed entire villages in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, many who survived are still living in tents or temporary shelters, frustrated at the slow pace of reconstruction.

This paper presents the composite drought indicator (CDI) that Jordanian, Lebanese, Moroccan, and Tunisian government agencies now produce monthly to support operational drought management decision making.

With World Bank support, Morocco has made significant strides since 2008 in strengthening its disaster and climate resilience. This has included gradual transition from a post-disaster approach focused on emergency response to ex-ante resilience building

The purpose of this report is to understand the impact of climate risks on Morocco’s banking sector. This report also takes stock of the Moroccan banking sector’s current risk management practices and the response to climate-related financial risks.

The financial protection gap against climate shocks and disasters is widening. Morocco was hit by an earthquake in September 2023, affecting more than 300,000 people in Marrakesh and surrounding areas.

Currently, governments around the world spend 90% of their disaster budgets on emergency relief, but only 4% on prevention and preparedness. That equation equals disaster.

‘No one thought about us apparently.’ Two months after one of the strongest earthquakes in Morocco’s history, women in Indigenous Amazigh communities are finding it particularly hard to recover.