DRFF in the News
Jul 14
2021
The World Bank Group has a new Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) 2021-2025 to guide its interventions over the next five years. The plan, published on June 22, 2021 broadly lays out how the World Bank will support climate action – both mitigation and adaptation efforts – for our clients – government and private sector - over the coming 5 years. The Climate Change Action Plan 2021–2025 aims to advance the climate change aspects of the WBG’s Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Development (GRID)... Keep reading
Jul 14
2021
The webinar for Leveraging Space Technology for Climate Risk Finance took place on June 24, 2021. The webinar focused on raising awareness on the use of Earth Observation (EO) data to quantify, manage, and disclose climate-related risks in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDE) and highlighted the financial exposure of governments, banks, and investors to climate risks. The webinar also discussed emerging needs in assessing climate physical risks from EMDE and presented new space... Keep reading
Jun 30
2021
The second webinar of the Global Risk Financing Facility (GRiF) Technical Talks took place virtually on June 23, 2021. The webinar featured an in-depth discussion on Sierra Leone country project. Iffat Sharif (Practice Manager, Social Protection and Jobs [SP&J], WBG) presented the opening remarks and discussed the importance and relevance of GRiF grant to the Sierra Leone Social Safety Net Project. Thomas Vaughan Bowen (Social Protection Specialist, SP&J, WBG) delivered a lightening... Keep reading