Blogs

Ensuring Access and Continuity to Water and Sanitation Services During the COVID Pandemic

Three Lessons from Three Years of the Global Risk Financing Facility

Posted by

Simon Hagemann

June 03, 2022

Disaster Risk Finance in Africa: Lessons Learned From Pioneering Disaster Risk Finance Solutions Over the Past Decade

Posted by

Evie Calcutt

January 27, 2022

African countries are among those most vulnerable to natural disasters and the impacts of climate change.

Financing Options to Help Smallholder Farmers Prepare for Disaster Risks in DRC

Posted by

Cristina Stefan

January 20, 2022

Extreme weather events are commonplace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

How the Catastrophe Bond Market Is Supporting Financial Resilience in Jamaica

Posted by

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo

December 22, 2021

On September 10, 2004, Hurricane Ivan devastated Jamaica with its Category 4 winds and rain causing more than US$350 million in damages and taking the lives of 14 people.

Back to the Future: Climate Change Resilience, Self-Insurance, and Market Insurance

Posted by

Olivier Mahul

December 22, 2021

The ongoing policy discussions about climate change resilience and the role of prevention and insurance, including the

Developing Disaster Risk Finance in Morocco: Leveraging Private Markets for Sovereign Risk Transfer

Posted by

Antoine Bavandi

November 24, 2021

Climate shocks and natural disasters have long-lasting effects — human, social, economic, and environmental.

Piloting the Next Generation Analytics for Climate-Related Financial Resilience of Critical Infrastructure in Southeast Asia

Posted by

Olivier Mahul

November 24, 2021

Natural disasters cost about US$18 billion a year in emerging markets and developing economies through damage to power generation and transport infrastructure alone.