Economics of DRR

MTR art outside UNHQ
Leaders are gathering in the UN Headquarters in New York, for the High-Level Meeting of the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework. A political declaration to accelerate action on disaster resilience and progress on the Framework has been adopted.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
SRSG with stakeholders at LDC5
UNDRR participated in the LDC5 conference, hosted by Qatar on 5-9 March 2023, to emphasize the centrality of disaster risk reduction to the resilience and development of LDCs.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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2023
This issue paper zooms in on public finance for climate change adaptation and DRR and provides an overview of the latest international and country trends in tagging budgets and tracking public expenditures on climate and disaster resilience.
International Institute for Environment and Development United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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2023
This 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.
Economist Impact United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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The estimated insured losses from disasters in 2022 were a staggering US $120 billion – but this represents just the tip of the iceberg.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
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2022
This discussion paper was prepared to showcase the need for – and the benefit of having – a globally consistent, open baseline dataset of climate risk and resilience metrics as a global public good to help mobilize finance for adaptation.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI)
The Government of Croatia and the Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative for South-Eastern Europe, with UNDRR support, organised a 3-day workshop on the EFDRR Roadmap priority area on investing in disaster risk reduction (DRR)
Croatia - government Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Initiative for South Eastern Europe United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia