DRFF in the News
Nov 16
2022
16 November 2022 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt - The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Bank signed an agreement today to scale up disaster risk protection financed by Germany and the United Kingdom for vulnerable communities and nations faced with catastrophic climate extremes like storms and drought. As world leaders confront the global climate crisis at the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), this initiative underscores the importance of investment in climate action... Keep reading
Nov 15
2022
The Partnership for Central America (PCA), the World Bank (WB), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) launched the “Disaster Risk Insurance and Finance in Central America Consortium” (DRIFCA) to identify and support climate-related agricultural insurance solutions for up to 2 million smallholder farmers in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to increase their food security and financial resilience. The U.S. Agency for International Development has provided support for regional... Keep reading
Nov 15
2022
Tajikistan is frequently affected by disasters that are compounded when combined with the country’s low-income status, rapidly ageing infrastructure, and lack of capacities to respond and recover. About 5 years ago, the World Bank started supporting the government in development of a comprehensive disaster risk finance (DRF) strategy. Since then, the country was hit not only by disasters, but also by the pandemic, the refugee inflow from Afghanistan, and several conflicts and impacts of the war... Keep reading