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Disaster Risk Finance Insurance incl. Cat and Resilience Bonds

6 September 2016
No country can fully insulate itself against extreme natural disasters, despite prevention and mitigation efforts. A balanced mix of financing, therefore, is needed.

Country Experience on Contingency Finance: Nicaragua

6 September 2016
Nicaragua is the first nation in Central America to get covered by a disaster risk insurance. Was this move helpful in reducing its vulnerability?

Social Protection in the Area of Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Pacific: IFRC Experience and Learnings

5 September 2016
Climate‐related disasters are expected to increasingly affect vulnerable people, adding to the already unmanageable workload of humanitarian teams. There is a need for systems that can respond predictably and effectively to protect vulnerable communities amidst the evolving risks.

Overview of the Range of Approaches to Address the Risks of Loss and Damage

5 September 2016
Learn about the range of approaches currently available to address the risks of loss and damage.

Current Spectrum and Structure of Financial Instruments to Address the Risks of Loss and Damage

5 September 2016
What are the financial instruments used to address the risks of loss and damage? And how are these structured? Get to know the existing financial instruments, along with their advantages and challenges at different levels of application.

Challenges and Opportunities in Applying Financial Instruments to Loss and Damage

5 September 2016
Risk financing mechanisms at local, national, regional, and global scales contribute to increasing resilience to climate extremes and climate variability, but involve major design challenges.

The Odds and Beauties of Risk Transfer Schemes

5 September 2016
Risk transfer schemes including insurance products and tools that help the vulnerable to have direct or indirect insurance coverage against the negative impact of climate change. The Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) is an example of such. Learn how MCII reach its target group and help…

Social Protection Schemes

5 September 2016
How can social protection schemes help increase adaptive capacity, prevent and reduce risks, and enhance livelihoods? Forum participants provide answers based on their respective experiences.

Catastrophe and Resilience Bonds

5 September 2016
Can catastrophe and resilience bonds really help in reducing risks of climate loss and damage? Forum participants answer this main question by sharing the experiences of their own countries.

Contingency Finance

5 September 2016
Forum participants discussed lessons learned from case studies, including those from Senegal, Nicaragua, and the Philippines on the use of fiscal instruments for disaster risk management.