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Displaying 15 of about 128 resultsOn August 14 2021 a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula west of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. Impacts of the earthquake, similar in magnitude to that of 2010, were immense – but this time compounded by preceding political and public health crises (Covid-19), and followed just a few days later by tropical cyclone Grace.
Yet, the diff…
Watching news reports of severe flooding in Europe, of devastating wildfires in the US, of melting ice caps at the poles, very few people now would deny that our climate is changing. The UK’s Environment Agency has just warned in a new report that the country is not ready for climate disruption and that it must “adapt or die”. And while it’s clear that…
On November 9, during the Science and Innovation day at COP26, the GSMA announced the launch of the GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation. This new Fund will help accelerate the testing, adoption and scalability of digital innovations that enable the world’s most vulnerable populations to adapt, anticipate and absorb the n…
The University of the Philippines Institute for Small-Scale Industries (UP ISSI) conducted the “E-HANDA Webinar: Helping MSMEs Build Forward Better” on 13 October 2021. The theme Build Forward Better captures the UP ISSI’s advocacy of promoting the sustainable recovery and resilience of the Philippine micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) sector. K…
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The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Finance Initiative’s (FI) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) programme is launching a Comprehensive Good Practice Guide to Climate Stress Testing. The report aims to provide a detailed user guide for financial institutions looking to understand the climate stress te…
This policy brief presents policy insights from a groundbreaking assessment of climate risks to international trade in six major commodities. Transboundary climate risks to global food security are critical and mounting but, until now, have been largely unrecognized by the global community. Our assessment reveals how these risks are distributed via inte…
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) launched a new report this week to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in being disaster-ready. The report titled, Increasing SME uptake of disaster risk reduction: recommendations for policymakers, financiers and the broader business community appeals to relevant stakeholders to take…
The vast number of small to medium-scale businesses in developing countries provides the needed commodities, services, employment opportunities, and incomes to many locals who opted to stay compared to those who migrated away from their home place. But why some people remain in a particular area despite the associated hazards puzzles disaster risk reduc…
Trinidadian entrepreneur Stacey-Ann Pi Osoria has built her one-woman business on emergencies. Selling inflatable sandbags, flood barriers and mobile shelters, she provides the vital equipment and training her clients need to reduce their disaster risk.
But when COVID-19 hit,…
Global South driving investment solutions for resilience outcomes.
The United Kingdom’s Department for International Trade (DIT) organised the Business of Resilience Conference in March 2021. The Business for Resilience Campaign aims to promote physical and financial resilience as a key component of public sector risk management and international devel…
The International Trade Centre (ITC) offers a free e-learning course for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and experts working with them. The course features the GIZ Climate Expert Approach. Next starting date is Monday, 28th of June.
Has climate change affected your business? For example, by unusually heavy rains or prolonged drought? Or does…
The devastating crisis in Madagascar sounds a stark warning of the need to take urgent action for Africa according to Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, Director General of the African Risk Capacity Group.
“Drought may well be the next pandemic after COVID-19 and there’s no vaccine to cure it.” If the words of Mami Mizutori, the UN Secretary General’s Special Repr…
This technical note examines how innovative products and services can be developed in public and private weather services. The lean startup methodology described in detail by Reis (2011) is an essential tool that supports an entrepreneurial business, applicable to any sector—government, private, academic, non-profit. The weather enterprise must con…
The report 'The Climate Risk Landscape: Mapping Climate-related Financial Risk Assessment Methodologies' provides a summary of the key developments across third party climate risk assessment providers since May 2019, including new and updated scenarios, methodological tools, key guidelines, as well as an overview of the changing regulatory landscap…
This Connecting Business initiative (CBi) document presents the importance of gender in private sector and disaster management, as well as the interconnections between these themes. Developed in two months as a starting point to a new thematic area for the Connecting Business initiative (CBi), the document holds the following chapters:
The rele…