DRFF in the News
Nov 28
2022
The World Bank Group's COP27 special event “Global Shield Financing Facility: Learning from country experiences to inform future opportunities” took place at the World Bank Pavilion at COP27 on November 9, 2022. The event was also broadcasted live virtually and hosted over 100 participants (in-person and virtually). The event presented country projects supported by the Global Risk Financing Facility (GRIF) — the Horn of Africa (HoA) and Indonesia — and highlighted how these experiences and... Keep reading
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