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Displaying 15 of about 99 resultsNEW YORK, 19 May 2014 – Following on a statement by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that “economic losses are out of control and can only be reduced in partnership with the private sector,” the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today launched the R!SE Initiative to mainstream disaster risk management into corporate planning and investm…
Fundación Profin developed a comprehensive risk management solution for farmer populations in southern Bolivia. In this case a composite product with life, property and agricultural components was developed to be distributed through local financial institutions and cooperatives. Furthermore, the catalyzer role of Fundación Profin lead to broker partners…
The conference motto for IDRC Davos 2008 is: Public-private partnership – key for integral risk management and climate change adaptation.
IDRC Davos 2008 will address global problems and attract participants from all over the globe. We expect more than 1300 participants from 130 countries.
The conference will take an integrated, multidisciplinary appro…
The conference has active support of Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) and Chairman, IRDA has kindly consented to grace the occasion.
Insurance can play a key role in facilitating public‐private partnerships for dealing with the losses from disasters. This conference proposes a hazard management program, which links insurance with other…
Background
In times of crises or emergencies, business continuity management (BCM) is an essential means of maintaining services and activities for both, private sector businesses and public sector authorities. Business risk management planning must ensure that an organization’s activities and reputation are protected and that through emergency operati…
This study is focused on building resilience to floods in a changing climate. It points to the need for a paradigm shift from reacting to crises towards a risk-based, anticipatory, holistic and all-of-society approach to managing the potential impacts of catastrophes. As part of its commitment to strengthening socio-economic resilience to extreme events…
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This study reports on the worldwide economic losses from over 300 natural catastrophes and man-made disasters recorded in 2011 and the cost to the global insurance industry. It specifically analyses the catastrophes cost to society, the insured losses and the gap between insured and non-insured economic losses, which points to a widespre…
This report establishes a vision of a resilient future and equips investors with a framework and ideas to identify practical actions that will result in the realization of that vision. The vision shows how resilience can be accomplished through the coordinated action of governments and their development partners in the private sector, civil society, and…
Deadline extended to Friday 30 March
Introduction
The Global Assessment Report (GAR) is a major initiative of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR). It contributes to the achievement of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) through monitoring risk patterns and trends and progress in disaster risk reduction and throug…
Weather-related disaster losses are in the increase, causing significant loss of lives, economic damage and often leading to significant economic hardship for individuals and enormous costs to taxpayers. Today reinsurance and insurance (‘insurance’) is being recognised as part of any comprehensive strategic disaster risk reduction plan by governments an…
By Justin Worland
Flooding disasters have occurred with increasing frequency in recent years, destroying homes and taking lives. In 2014, floods in the U.S. caused nearly $3 billion in damageand took 38 lives. But when it comes to property damage, the federal government is often left with the bulk of the bill.
The National Flood Insurance Progra…
ISTANBUL, Turkey, 24 May 2016 – A major global network launches today at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul to facilitate business engagement in crisis situations through pre-positioning supplies, meeting humanitarian needs and providing resources, knowledge and expertise to disaster prevention.
Businesses can now play a central role in pre…
GENEVA, 12 April 2016 – An international business group working to reduce the impact of natural and man-made hazards has pledged to ensure that the private sector plays its part in implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The UNISDR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies, or ARISE, today held a meeting to hammer…
CEBU, Philippines, 24 February 2016 – A landmark public-private cross-border partnership in Asia is gathering pace in an effort to protect a multi-billion dollar industry on the frontline of hazard exposure.
Government officials and representatives of the tourism sector from across the region are working together as part of the Hotel Resilient Initiati…
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and prop…