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(in nominal terms) in associated damage costs. This report focuses on the development of the country catastrophe risk … Climate and Disaster Risk Management. The country risk profiles integrate data collected and produced through risk modeling … and include maps showing the geographic distribution of assets and people at risk (section one), hazards assessed (section …
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Half a year ago, Russia's economic prospects looked uncertain. The global economy was losing momentum, the expansion in the euro area was grinding to a halt and commodity prices were beginning to fall. Yet, while output growth is slowing this year in line with weaker growth in Europe and...
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increasingly important. And yet, many cities do not have master plans to guide their projected growth, let alone tools for risk … minimize risk today and then think about addressing future risk. This methodology report describes the underlying risk … components, including a description of the models required inputs related to metropolitan elements at risk, hazard sub …
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The Drought Risk and Resilience Assessment (DRRA) offers a structured methodology for evaluating drought risk and … overall drought risk by analyzing past and future drought hazards, impacts, and vulnerabilities, followed by a gap analysis of … drought risk and enhance resilience. The DRRA is adaptable to different country contexts, leveraging existing data and …
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-responsive is a key strategic pillar of the government’s Disaster Risk Financing Strategy. The SCTP scalable mechanism was first …
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critical to ramp up the institutional capacity and policies for a comprehensive disaster risk management program and to improve … coordination between oversight and implementing agencies through upgraded legislation with disaster risk reduction measures while … demonstrated that a whole-of-government approach is critical for meaningful results in a multi-sectoral engagement on disaster risk …
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, environmental degradation and global climate change. Reducing the risk of disasters will be key to achieving the development goals … disaster risk management in the Philippines. The objectives of the first study were to: document the impacts of natural … disaster risk; and identify options for more effective management of that risk. This follow-on study is intended to support the …
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country's current capacity to reduce and manage disaster risk; and identify options for more effective management of that risk …, it is important that a national framework for comprehensive disaster risk management be prepared and implemented. The … framework should incorporate the essential steps of integrated risk management, which include risk identification, risk …
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In project finance, risks are allocated to the parties best able to manage them. However, the risk mitigation … commercial risk mitigation instruments commonly used in project finance by private lenders and sometimes by equity investors. The … construction period, three main groups of instruments are used to mitigate risk: contractual arrangements and associated guarantees …
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