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Displaying 15 of about 27 resultsThis report highlights the urgent need to rewire the current financial systems towards (a) de-risking current investments (b) integrating risk reduction into credit allocation and (c) redirecting financial flows towards risk reduction. The report opens with case studies on eight disaster events over the past decade that explore in detail the financ…
This issue paper zooms in on public finance for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and provides an overview of the latest international and country trends in tagging budgets and tracking public expenditures on climate and disaster resilience. The costs of disasters and the negative impacts of climate change are rising globally. R…
23-25 May 2023 – In accordance with UNDRR Regional Office for Arab States concerted effort to enhance disaster risk management in Somalia, a comprehensive Training Workshop on Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Systemic Risk Modelling was conducted in Cairo, Egypt. The workshop aimed to strengthen the country's capacity to analyze interconnected and syst…
This study reviews trends in financing disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Asia and the Pacific since the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2015.In this context, the financial instruments that the public and private sectors and multilateral development banks use or can use in DRR financing were examined. In addition, the contr…
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) officially launched two global taxonomies at COP28 on 4 December 2023 in the Iraq pavilion. The first one is the Climate Resilience Classification Framework developed with the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). The framework provides a structured and standardized approach for investor…
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) have jointly released a comprehensive issue paper titled "Tracking the Money for Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction." This ground-breaking report provides an overview of budget tagging and tracking of public ex…
The disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation budget tagging (DCBT) guide for design and taxonomy provides guidance on issues that government officials need to consider when designing a coordinated budget tagging initiative. Governments often approach disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) separately, des…
This report reviews the feasibility, behavioural and political-economy factors that affect the demand and financing of anticipatory action (AA) programmes integrated into government social protection (SP) systems, and discusses recommendations for increasing support for these interventions.Key takeways from the report state that governments exploring th…
This is event is by invitation only. If you/your organizations is interested to contribute please e-mail: undrr-bonn@un.org. If interested to listen in the discussions, the workshop plenary sessions will be broadcasted in UNDRR YouTube channel. Please use this link from the date of the workshop. BackgroundUnderstanding the extent and magnitude of d…
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12:15 – 13:45 (GMT+3)
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This side event seeks to showcase some of the offers of support from the United Nations system and its partners to address the particular challenges and bottlenecks faced by Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in their implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction with a view to accelerating impl…
The purpose of this report is to encourage investment in disaster and climate resilience by introducing a Climate Resilience Classification Framework. This framework will assist companies and investors in identifying investment opportunities in the midst of a changing climate. Depending on their contribution to resilience and avoidance of maladaptation…
The estimated insured losses from disasters in 2022 were a staggering US $120 billion – but this represents just the tip of the iceberg.
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This special edition of Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR) explores what risk-informed sustainable development looks like in an increasingly complex and risky world. It highlights how risks are interconnected and how pitfalls can be transformed into opportunities to build resilience. The GAR Special Report 2023 aims to suppor…
Geneva/London, 20/06/2023: Today, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds) announced the launch of a new White Paper to guide the development of a taxonomy for adaptation and resilience finance investment. The announcement comes ahead of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris…
In this report, a preliminary framework is offered for understanding existing loss and damage finance arrangements from a DRR perspective and identifying gaps in coverage at the national level, using examples from low- and middle income countries to show where these need to be strengthened and scaled up. The report proposes a national loss and dama…