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A 2016 report by New Climate Economy calculated the need of approximately US$90 trillion that needs to be invested in infrastructure over a period of 15 years, more than what is in place in the entire current stock today. In 2021, the Global Adaptation Commission pegged this estimate to $95 trillion, including the funding for COVID-19 stimu…
Residents of Dili, Timor-Leste had been sleeping when flashfloods started inundating the capital in the early hours of April 4, 2021. As floodwaters brought by days of rains surged and began sweeping away houses along the Comoro river, many locals abandoned their homes to find safety.
With no information on what to do or where to go, people took shelte…
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This event, co-organized by China’s Ministry of Emergency Management and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), aims to increase awareness of the outcomes of the Forum and their implications for facilitating cooperation around disaster risk reduction.
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As one of the most ambitious inf…