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A conversation with Dr. Ben Fox of the World Bank Group, about the Bank's work to reduce the economic burden of natural disasters
he Southwest Indian Ocean Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (SWIO RAFI) will be launched during the fifth Regional Platform for Risk Transfer Mechanisms (April 28-30), hosted by the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC).
In the span of one year, volunteer mappers put 30,000 buildings on the map in Sri Lanka, enabling the country to plan ahead and be prepared for the next disaster.
The destruction wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines this month has renewed debate on a critical financial question: How can nations best prepare for and respond to natural disasters?
The Tonga Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai volcanic eruption, tsunami and ashfall has caused an estimated US$90.4M (TOP 208 million) in damages – the equivalent of approximately 18.5% of Tonga’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – a World Bank assessment for the Government of Tonga has found. The report was produced with funding from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR).
With developing countries the hardest hit by disasters, a new competitive challenge fund is being launched today to help developing countries design and implement ground-breaking solutions to overcome problems they face assessing disaster risks.
A new website assesses the risk of states, cities and countries for a variety of natural disasters .
Organised by the 100 Resilient Cities network, a four-day meeting of urban experts in New York starting on July 24 will look at ways to cope with challenges including extreme weather and migration.
[De L'Agora, quotidien independant d'information et d'analyse de la République centrafricaine]
Le gouvernement centrafricain en collaboration avec la CEEAC organise à Bangui un atelier de formation sur l'évaluation des besoins post-catastrophes (PDNA) et le cadre de relèvement aux catastrophes (DRF) à l'hotel Ledger-Plaza du 22 au 26 juillet 2019. La cérémonie d'ouverture de cet atelier de formation a été présidée hier par le Premier Ministre, Chef du gouvernement Firmin NGREBADA, assisté du Ministre de l'Action Humanitaire avec les représentants des organisations telles que: Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement, de la Banque Mondiale et de celui de la CEEAC.
The world’s biggest climatic weather phenomenon is easier to predict than many calamities. But it shows the importance of preparing for other disasters, too.