Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga Keywords resilience urban poor Urban Development climate change climate change and disaster risk reduction Read more about Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga or Toni is the President of the National Resilience Council (NRC), a science and technology-based public-private partnership aimed at the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Paris Climate Agreement. She is a member of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction’s (UNDRR) Global Science and Technology Advisory Group (GSTAG) and Asia Pacific Science Technology Academia Advisory Group (AP-STAAG).
Gopalakrishna Bhat Keywords resilience urban poor Urban Development climate change climate change and disaster risk reduction Read more about Gopalakrishna Bhat Gopalakrishna Bhat is a hydrogeologist. He started his career as a geologist in Ladakh Projects of Geological Survey of India. For over three decades, he has worked on diverse issues including risk assessment, urban climate change resilience, and traditional water technologies such as Qanats & Surangams. His interests include increasing resource autonomy through community-managed water-energy-biomass systems in transforming environments.
S. M. Nazrul Islam Keywords resilience urban poor Urban Development climate change climate change and disaster risk reduction Read more about S. M. Nazrul Islam S.M. Nazrul Islam has been working for about 30 years at different levels in the Local Government Engineering Department in Bangladesh, dealing with the improvement of livelihood, living conditions, and communication for the people/communities especially poor and women through interventions of infrastructures with institutional capacity and community development in urban, rural, and small-scale water sectors.
Ian Munt Keywords municipal infrastructure environmental planning and management urban planning development and renewal urban place-making and design heritage conservation climate change and disaster risk reduction economic development transport planning tenure security institutional and organizational development municipal finance urban governance Read more about Ian Munt Ian Munt is a UK Chartered Urban Planner and graduated from the University of Reading, UK with a Masters in Environmental Planning and a BA in Geography from the University of Kent, UK. Over 25 years he has worked with national, regional, and local governments in Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and Central America with a focus on urban planning, governance, and capacity development. He has worked on a range of development projects addressing climate change, risk, and urban planning including in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, Rwanda, and Viet Nam.
Climate Change Risk Management Approach Adopted by TA 7984-NEP Read more about Climate Change Risk Management Approach Adopted by TA 7984-NEP Learn how the climate change management framework helps reduce risks of infrastructure damage or loss from climate change and extreme events in Nepal. Various tools for introducing climate resilience at different entry points are discussed as well.
Disaster Risk Management Managing the Impacts of Extreme Weather and Climate Events Read more about Disaster Risk Management Managing the Impacts of Extreme Weather and Climate Events Maximum impacts of disasters are largely felt by the poorest members of society. Given this, interventions are needed that would bring in development benefits in the near term, while reducing their vulnerability over the longer term.
Training on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Read more about Training on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Representatives from South Asian countries attended the training that offered insights on climate change risks and approaches to climate risk management in sector planning and investment. Co-organized by the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network, the three-day training involved presentations, case studies, and interactive sessions that aimed to enhance the knowledge and capacity of participants.
Experiences of the G7 Climate Risk Insurance Initiative: InsuResilience Read more about Experiences of the G7 Climate Risk Insurance Initiative: InsuResilience The G7 Climate Risk Insurance Inititative—InsuResilience—aims to increase by up to 400 million the number of poor and vulnerable people who have access to direct or indirect insurance coverage by 2020. To reach this objective, the initiative will boost indirect insurance while developing and promoting direct insurance through collaboration with partners from the public and private sectors as well as civil society. In 2016, G7 was able to establish a secretariat, set up InsuResilience's consultation and support structure, and conduct a study on how to best reach its intended beneficiaries.
Strengthening Financial Resilience: the Role of ADB Read more about Strengthening Financial Resilience: the Role of ADB Government financing for disaster reduction is limited because other urgent demands compete for budget allocation. Penetration of market-based risk transfer instruments are also extremely low in many countries. As a result, many development and recovery efforts are delayed or thwarted every time disaster strikes because of lack of or limited post-disaster funding.
The Odds and Beauties of Risk Transfer Schemes Read more about The Odds and Beauties of Risk Transfer Schemes 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 them increase resilience.