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We too rarely start with a blank page and ask: what is the simplest, most effective way to get money flowing where it’s needed most? This is what Labs is built for.

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

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.

The Gambia’s disaster risk diagnostic helped the country move towards better protection.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

What do we know about the instrument that accounts for half of all pre-arranged financing globally?

With lives and livelihoods on the line, we need to know which approaches work, which don’t - and why.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Disaster risk financing often overlooks women.

Hurricane Beryl in July 2024 presented an early test in the season for Jamaica’s disaster preparedness.