Blogs

In the month that has passed since leaders met in Glasgow, there has been a lot of discussion on the successes and failures of this year’s COP – without doubt the most important dialogue on climate to date.

Ato Sufian Ahmed Beker reflects on his experiences of crisis finance and how the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that the international aid system is no longer fit for purpose.

One of the big debates at this week’s pivotal UN climate summit in Glasgow will be the size and shape of the package of finance to help low income countries adapt to the devastating effects of climate change.

The Centre is delighted to announce a new non-executive Board made up of nine members.

The Haiti earthquake is the latest tragedy to befall a beleaguered nation. While the road to recovery will be long, the country has already benefited from a relatively new approach to funding such disasters that saw life-saving international financing delivered within two weeks of the initial shock.

Responding to today’s IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, the Centre’s Daniel Clarke calls on world leaders to urgently tackle climate risk.

By Debbie Hillier: “I’ve been working in humanitarian policy for twenty years, after recently working on a study for the Centre for Disaster Protection and Development Initiatives I was surprised to find some of my assumptions challenged.”

In this blog, Conor and Chris reflect on a short report which presents a retrospective analysis of IRC’s approach to financing the first nine months of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Covid-19 has been a stark reminder that ending extreme poverty requires protecting gains during crises as much as making progress during better times.

The G7 communique states that G7 members have committed hundreds of millions worth of new financing for early action, disaster risk, and insurance.

The UK’s International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for the COP29 Presidency, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, announced that the Centre for Disaster Protection will receive additional support of £5 million from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Daniel Clarke responds to agreements made on Disaster Risk Financing by calling on the G7 to agree clear solutions that reduce the cost of disasters and improve community preparation and resilience.

We summarise findings from the first large-scale evaluation that tests the impact of humanitarian cash transfers in response to a sudden climate shock, and the importance of being timely for an impactful response.

Alongside this report, the Centre is releasing a Statement of Support signed by over 40 leaders from across the across the development, humanitarian and private sectors .

New study, released by the Centre for Disaster Protection, shows consistent failure to prepare international aid before disasters strike, even when we can see a crisis coming, is putting lives at risk.

Ahead of a meeting of G7 Foreign and Development ministers next month, the Centre for Disaster Protection convened leaders from across the Crisis Lookout coalition to explore the international financial response to covid-19 and what lessons it held for world leaders as they prepare to ‘Build Back Better’ from the crisis.

Here we reflect on what covid-19 has taught us about how crises are currently funded and the changes that must be made for the system to be fit for a future which some experts have described as ‘the era of pandemics’.

Following a call by world leaders for a new global pandemic treaty, Daniel Clarke, Director of the Centre for Disaster Protection responds.

Accountability is like eating spinach: no one disagrees with it in principle. And across the disaster risk financing (DRF) world there’s certainly agreement that accountability is important. But there are real gaps in putting this into practice.

The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta of Bangladesh is on the frontline of the global climate crisis.