All disaster resilience articles
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NewsFirst ever insurance payout of Red Cross disaster fund triggered in 2024
Demands for disaster relief this year surpassed the ‘deductible’ threshold of the Red Cross and Red Crescent’s IFRC-DREF’ disaster fund, the NGO has reported.
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NewsInsurance Development Forum provides Disaster Risk Reduction Task Force update
The task force has three areas of focus, according to the public-private partnership between the insurance industry and the UN, World Bank and other NGOs.
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NewsDisaster financing report shows just 2.7% of $71bn in crisis financing was pre-arranged
Addressing the protection gap, only $1.9bn of $71bn in international crisis financing that was used for pre-arranged finance in 2021, according to a study by the Centre for Disaster Protection.
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NewsIDF calls for 'convergence' of insurance and disaster risk management
As key milestones announced at COP27, IDF heralds the industry’s ability to influence “systemic change”
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NewsWTW appoints Conway to head Ecosystem Resilience practice
She was Lead Climate Finance Negotiator for the US delegation to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
