Changing climates: the heat is (still) on
The world is getting warmer and natural hazards are becoming more intense, likely bringing higher economic losses in the future. Today, four major weather perils result in expected economic losses of USD
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Climate risk financing: a brief analysis of financial coping instruments and approaches to close the protection gap
This paper presents and discusses new and established climate risk financing instruments and approaches and how they could better contribute to closing the protection gap in vulnerable countries. It provides
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Linking climate risk insurance with shock-responsive social protection
Linking insurance with social protection systems could enhance households' and communities' ability to absorb climate shocks and improve their ability to reduce and manage risk. This policy brief by InsuResilience
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Linking climate risk insurance with shock-responsive social protection
Linking insurance with social protection systems could enhance households' and communities' ability to absorb climate shocks and improve their ability to reduce and manage risk. This policy brief by InsuResilience
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Ugandan farmers test big-data solution to climate challenges
Peter Alisengawa, a farmer in Namungwale village in eastern Uganda, was struggling to grow enough maize to support his family a few years ago. Despite getting regular advice through his local cooperative,
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Human–wildlife conflict and insurance: can insurance reduce the costs of living with wildlife?
Developing solutions for human–wildlife conflict is an urgent conservation priority. This threat to coexistence between humans and animals is particularly serious in developing countries, where population
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The enabling environment for disaster risk financing in Sri Lanka: country diagnostics Assessment
This country diagnostic assessment seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Sri Lanka, focusing on insurance and other risk transfer instruments. It explores the current application
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Private insurance to reduce Human-Wildlife Conflict
A one-day workshop on the role of private insurance in reducing the ‘Human-Wildlife Conflict (HWC) will be conducted by Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) and the International Institute for
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The enabling environment for disaster risk financing in Pakistan: country diagnostics assessment
This publication seeks to strengthen financial preparedness for disasters in Pakistan. It focuses on insurance and other risk transfer instruments and explores the current application of disaster risk
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Building resilience through financial inclusion: a review of existing evidence and knowledge gaps
Low-income households around the world are particularly vulnerable to shocks, but also the least prepared when a shock hits. The effects of climate change, including floods, droughts, and other weather-related
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InsuResilience 2018 report: working toward a climate-resilient future
In this first Annual Report, the InsuResilience Global Partnership for Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance highlights the initiatives that the different actors worked on towards the Partnership’s