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CCRIF SPC and the Coordination Center for the Prevention of Disasters in Central America and the Dominican Republic signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Disaster Risk Financing and CCRIF Parametric Insurance.
Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, the
Early warning
As international pressure intensifies for countries around the world to provide complete multi-hazard early warning coverage for all populations—particularly the vulnerable—several countries in South Eastern Europe have heeded the call.
Pacific Disaster Center
Family posing for photos amidst flooding and storm surge from Hurricane Sally along Lake Pontchartrain
In collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Deltares today presented the four-yearly report about the observed sea level on the Dutch Coast.
Deltares
Twelve months after the volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga, residents are still clearing and cleaning up debris and damage.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Considering the social dimensions of climate change is essential to building resilience and developing effective policy and programs within Solomon Islands and throughout the Pacific region.
World Bank, the
Earthquake survivors in Turkey also include 356,000 pregnant women who, at the end of February 2023, urgently needed medical care, according to the United Nations. Some women have had to give birth to their children in collapsed buildings.
Conversation Media Group, the
To mark the one-year anniversary of its Build Back Better scheme, Flood Re is launching a consumer-focused campaign aimed at promoting the take-up of prevention measures to reduce damage and loss caused by flooding.
Insurance Business America
The "Earthquake Risk Reduction and Prevention Planning Project" was launched with the joint intervention of Bursa Metropolitan Municipality and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Daily Sabah