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Managing future flood risk is necessary to minimize costs and achieve maximum benefit from investment

We are the first generation in history that can end poverty, but we will lose this opportunity if we do not tackle climate change, which will affect all of our lives and could devastate the poorest.

Through a hydromet services and disaster improvement regional project (HSDIRP), Bhutan can improve its weather services and disaster preparedness.

Disaster-prone countries that keep rebuilding homes, roads and utilities are in danger of becoming uninsurable unless their new infrastructure is built to survive further catastrophe, experts said on Friday at a World Bank conference.

A significant part of the Paris Climate Conference is dedicated to figuring out how to pay for the consequences of climate change that will cause climate-related disasters. This interview discusses these issues, which will mean life or death for millions.

The cost of natural disasters worldwide could hit $314 billion annually by 2030, up from around $250 billion now, as urban expansion continues at a rapid pace and global warming continues to contribute to a rise in natural disasters, according to new rese

By 2050, Fiji’s annual losses due to extreme weather events and the impacts of climate change could reach 6.5 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to a significant new climate vulnerability study.

Technology enables us to understand today what risks may come tomorrow.

With backing from the World Bank, Kenya has launched an insurance program designed to address challenges agricultural producers may face when there are large production shocks, such as droughts or floods.

Natural disasters have a more devastating impact on the poor than widely thought, forcing some 26 million people into poverty each year and setting back global spending on goods and services by the equivalent of $520 billion annually...