The development objective of the Second Climate and Disaster Resilience Development Policy Financing for Tuvalu is to support the Government of Tuvalu to: (i) promote climate and disaster oriented fiscal...
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a group of 39 United Nations (UN) member states and 18 dependent territories mostly located in the Caribbean and Oceania. They are among the most vulnerable countries...
Disasters affect millions of people each year and cause economic losses worth many billions of dollars globally. Reporting on disaster impacts in research, policy, and news primarily relies on macro statistics...
The objective of this disaster risk financing (DRF) diagnostic is to assess Ethiopia’s financial preparedness to disasters and crises at the sovereign, firm, and household level. At the request of the...
Natural disasters displace millions of people a year, but little is known about their long-run impacts when institutional capacity to respond to the disaster is low. This paper estimates the long-run impacts...
There is an urgent need to improve how poor and vulnerable households are supported when they are affected by climate-related shocks. Large covariate shocks such as drought and floods are becoming increasingly...
This joint NGFS-World Bank note aims to complement existing climate risk assessment literature by providing central banks and prudential supervisory authorities in EMDEs with a practical framework for...
This report assesses and quantifies the impact of climate hazards and exposure on poverty. Considering the increasing impacts of climate change in Bangladesh, especially on poorer communities, the authors...
This report presents five steps for safe buildings: preparation for cyclone season; roof repairs; securing water collection; maintaining doors and windows; and always use experienced carpenters.
This report presents five steps for safe buildings: preparation for cyclone season; roof repairs; securing water collection; maintaining doors and windows; and always use experienced carpenters.
This report presents five steps for safe buildings: preparation for cyclone season; roof repairs; securing water collection; maintaining doors and windows; and always use experienced carpenters.
This report presents five steps for safe buildings: preparation for cyclone season; roof repairs; securing water collection; maintaining doors and windows; and always use experienced carpenters.
This report presents six steps for safe buildings: preparation for cyclone season; roof repairs; securing water collection; maintaining doors and windows; electricals; and always use experienced carpenters.
This report describes the development of vulnerability functions for earthquake, tropical cyclone (TC), flood, and volcano induced hazards in terms of direct economic loss borne by: (i) direct costs of...
This report describes the development of vulnerability functions for earthquake, tropical cyclone (TC), flood, and volcano induced hazards in terms of direct economic loss borne by: (i) direct costs of...
This report describes the development of vulnerability functions for earthquake, tropical cyclone (TC), flood, and volcano induced hazards in terms of direct economic loss borne by: (i) direct costs of...
This report lays out: (1) the outcomes of data collection of the existing school buildings in Vanuatu, (2) statistics of the characteristic features of both primary and secondary school buildings, (3)...
The development objective of the Irrigation for Climate Resilience Project for Uganda is to provide farmers in the project areas with access to irrigation and other agricultural services, and to establish...