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The course aims to provide an understanding of Singapore’s multi-agency engagement in formulating energy solutions to climate change. Participants will gain a better appreciation of issues surrounding climate change and the importance of collective mitigating actions taken on a global scale. They will also understand the types of clea…
Losses due to natural disasters have increased sharply over the last 30 years. What is remarkable, however, is that the gap in insurance protection between uninsured and insured natural catastrophes has been increasing. Lack of financial protection against disasters leads to slow recovery, costly financing of relief and reconstruction, and political man…
This report presents district-level analyses of agriculture-specific indicators prevalent in India. High resolution gridded data is used to estimate near-real time crop conditions and weather parameters. With temporal dimension of two weeks and district-level analyses, this report can ensure consistent and extensive monitoring. It aims to build a common…
Climate-related disasters are increasing in frequency and severity and both economic and human losses are climbing. Unfortunately, developing countries, which are the least equipped to deal with disasters, are often impacted the most. Over the past two decades, new financial tools have emerged to help developing countries cope with disaster. Sovereign p…
Structure and goal of the conference
The conference will have four plenary panel discussions on key topics addressing an interdisciplinary audience. 16 parallel working group sessions will deal in depth with different subtopics. Interactive sessions are a key part of the conference, facilitating dialogue in small groups on emerging issues.
Themes
1) C…
Southasiadisasters.net, issue no. 81, November 2011:
This publication highlights the issues related to school-based disaster risk reduction. The articles include: (i) disaster safety of schools: a national concern; (ii) Sab ke Liye Salamat Shiksha: key coordination areas for national school safety programme: briefing note; (iii) impact of earthquake o…
Insurance markets play an essential role in the financial management of disaster risks by encouraging proper risk management and providing a source of financing to respond to the damages and losses incurred by households, businesses and governments as a result of catastrophe events. A number of studies have shown the positive impact that insurance cover…
Floods and other weather-related disasters plague farmers in Bangladesh, and climate change threatens to exacerbate these risks. At stake are the livelihoods of millions of small and marginal farmer households that are at risk of becoming further entrenched in poverty. Lack of compensation or other buffering mechanisms means crop losses give rise to de…
Reference No EXT-PS08-271(2)-INRM
Job purpose
Support SARD activities relating to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation activities in the region. Formulate and articulate policy and programs. Identify, develop, implement and administer loan and technical assistance (TA) projects and non lending products and services related to climate change miti…
The Law on natural disaster prevention and control (the Law) was passed in June 2013 and took effect on May 1, 2014. The 47-article Law provides for disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and mitigation measures, from national to local and community levels. The Law outlines natural disaster prevention and control activities, including a nati…
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 asset and property coverage against a wide range of natural and m…
This reports analyzes the economic recovery of 4,000 households in the Philippines that were badly affected by typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) in the Philippines and recommends improvements to the role of microfinance in enhancing the financial resilience of such communities.
Microfinance is now an embedded feature of almost all low and middle income countrie…
This paper describes the Weather Risk Management Facility (WRMF), which helps address weather risk challenge by developing and supporting innovative weather and climate risk management tools – such as weather index insurance (WII) – that improve rural livelihoods and reduce hunger. It draws on IFAD’s experience in rural finance and on the World Food Pro…
By Haseeb Md. Irfanullah
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When we buy insurance for our cars, we get our risks measured. But, is it possible to calculate the strength of a Bangladeshi family fighting floods this monsoon and come up with a score?
Many researchers have tried measuring wh…
Press release:
Sydney – The Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu plan to be better protected against natural disasters after a pilot catastrophe risk insurance program was launched today to provide their governments with immediate funding if a major natural disaster occurs.
Pacific Island countries are some of the most vulnerabl…