Economics of DRR

River bed and destroyed village after the July 2021 floods in Germany

23 December 2022

The fiscal impact of extreme weather events: First evidence for EU countries

This column presents the results of a first quantification, carried-out for selected EU countries, of the potential fiscal impact of acute physical risks from climate change.

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Research briefs

4 January 2023

Climate risk insurance can effectively mitigate economic losses

Global warming is expected to lead to an accumulation of particularly intense hurricanes in the United States. This may substantially increase the economic losses caused by these storms.

29 Dec 2022

Organization

Start Network

Kaya (Humanitarian Leadership Academy)

Risk Analysis in Disaster Risk Financing (DRF)

This self-guided course will follow up on the knowledge gained from the pre-request course “Introduction to Disaster Risk Financing (DRF)” to build the knowledge on the 2nd pillar which is Risk Analytics.

Duration

2 hours

Documents and publications

Anticipatory cash transfers and early warning information ahead of drought in Ethiopia

This factsheet assesses anticipatory cash transfers and early warning information ahead of drought in Ethiopia. Ahead of the March-May 2021 rainy season, forecasts indicated below-average rainfall was highly likely in the Somali region.

Updates

16 December 2022

Thailands's Deputy PM endorses massive plan to combat flooding and drought

Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has endorsed a government plan to address flooding and drought issues across the country.

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Updates

27 December 2022

New report: Top 10 climate disasters cost the world billions in 2022

A new report by Christian Aid, Counting the cost 2022: a year of climate breakdown identifies 20 of the most destructive climate disasters of the year. The ten most financially costly events all had an impact of $3 billion or more.