DRFF in the News
Jun 02
2023
On June 2, 2023, the Ministry of Finance of Georgia and the World Bank Group jointly organized a workshop focused on Disaster Risk Finance (DRF). The workshop brought together 45 participants, including representatives from local and national government, specifically from ministries of finance and other related ministries involved in advancing the financial resilience agenda in Georgia. The workshop commenced with an engaging session called "Master the Disaster," a simulation exercise designed... Keep reading
May 29
2023
The G20 Council's Second Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group (DRRWG) meeting was held in Mumbai between May 23 and 25, 2023. The meeting was centered around five focus areas: i) Global Coverage of Early Warning Systems; ii) Disaster and Climate Resilience Infrastructure; iii) Financing Frameworks for Disaster Risk Reduction; and iv) National and global disaster recovery and rehabilitation system; increased application of ecosystems-based approaches to disaster risk reduction. The meeting was... Keep reading
May 18
2023
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On May 18, 2023, a webinar was held to present the publishing of the report Flood Risk Modeling to Support Risk Transfer: Challenges and Opportunities in Data-Scarce Contexts. This report, and therefore webinar, explored the processes and challenges in developing flood risk models to support disaster risk financing and insurance and proposes guidelines for risk modeling and risk monitoring in support of flood risk transfer instruments for data-scarce contexts. This report is informed by... Keep reading