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31.3.26

Why can’t every country pay for disasters like Jamaica?

Jamaica built a disaster risk financing system that worked. So why don't other countries copy it?

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When every dinar counts: How Jordan can make disaster support faster and fairer

As climate shocks accelerate, Jordan’s challenge is no longer whether support exists, but whether it can move fast enough to those who most depend on it.

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From coverage to protection: Putting a risk diagnostic to work in The Gambia

This blog explains how The Gambia’s disaster risk diagnostic helped the country move towards better protection.

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A new chapter for disaster preparedness - the importance of tracking pre-arranged finance

The Centre for Disaster Protection’s flagship report goes further than ever before, read our comprehensive picture of how PAF is working at a global level.

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Hurricane Melissa, debt and pre-arranged financing: Jamaica’s unfolding story

Debt is seen as a symbol of injustice. Jamaica’s response to Hurricane Melissa suggests that, deployed deliberately and in advance, it can steady an economy in the storm.

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What do governments really want from pre-arranged finance?

Too often, pre-arranged funding tools for disasters are created to reflect the preferences of financial providers rather than the priorities of the governments that use them.

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A Year in Review: Annual Report 2024-25

Disaster risks are increasing, but so is the momentum for change. Read our Year in Review and join the journey.

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Commitment or compromise? Financing disaster risk from Addis to Sevilla

Over 10,000 delegates met in heat-struck Sevilla for global finance talks - did their agreements truly advance disaster risk finance beyond Addis?

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Indonesia has the tools to protect against disasters – now it’s time to unlock their full potential

As climate risks grow, new research by RDI Global explores how Indonesia can scale up disaster finance to protect more people.

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Fertile grounds, uneven paths: Disaster risk finance and social protection in the Sahel

Over the past three years, the Centre for Disaster Protection has been working with Sahelian governments, the World Bank, and local partners to explore how disaster risk finance can help scale social protection systems in times of crisis.

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More countries are using Cat DDOs: Here are three things to know

This blog post shares three recent insights into what we have found about Cat DDOs.

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Five years on: Is monitoring, evaluation and learning catching up with pre-arranged financing?

With lives and livelihoods on the line, we need to know which approaches work, which don’t—and why. What governments and donors must ask: Is our learning keeping pace?

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Counter Crisis: A brighter future for global disaster response?

In this Counter Crisis episode we turn to the Caribbean to explore what a faster, smarter disaster response could look like.

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Crisis Protection 2.0: A better way to prepare for disasters

The Centre for Disaster Protection brought together 20 influential global leaders and the result was Crisis Protection 2.0, a roadmap to scale up pre-arranged finance tenfold by 2035.

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Counter Crisis: Breaking the cycle of response and recovery

From storms in the Pacific to extreme heat in South Asia, if we want to help the communities most affected by climate shocks, we must move money before disaster strikes.

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Counter Crisis: If we know it’s coming, why do we wait?

Counter Crisis returns to explore how pre-arranged financing can help countries on the frontline of the climate crisis respond faster and more effectively to disasters.

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Launching soon: Counter Crisis Series 2

The second series of our podcast, Counter Crisis, is set to launch next week.

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Three feminist principles disaster risk financing should incorporate

This International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting how disaster risk financing often overlooks the unique needs of women.

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Hurricane Beryl: How did Jamaica’s DRF strategy stack up?

Hurricane Beryl in July 2024 presented an early test in the season for Jamaica’s disaster preparedness, read our analysis of Jamaica's DRF strategy.

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Dare to share! Why transparency around disaster risk finance matters

Exploring how the lack of transparency around the levels of costs and concessionality across different risk finance instruments hinders countries.

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Hurricane Beryl: Record parametric payouts underline the evolution of CCRIF’s role in the Caribbean

This blog reviews the record payouts from the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) after Hurricane Beryl.

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