The state of Gujarat has been at the
forefront of the solar energy revolution in India,
successfully bringing on line over 800 Mega Watts (MW) of
ground based solar...
This note aims to build understanding of
the existing disaster risk financing and insurance (DRFI)
tools in use in The Marshall Islands and to identify gaps
where potential...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 94982Date: February 1, 2015Author:
Bailey,Barry John ;
Cook,Samantha Jane ;
Mahul,Olivier
This country note is produced is part of
The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment
and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI). The geographic
spread of the Cook Islands poses...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 94980Date: February 1, 2015Author:
Bailey,Barry John ;
Cook,Samantha Jane ;
Mahul,Olivier
The Indian Sundarbans ecoregion,
designated as the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve is the low
lying tide dominated lower part of the Ganges Delta
bordering Bangladesh. It...
In 2010, prior to signing the Sundarbans
memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Bangladesh and
India, a Sundarbans platform was organized involving experts
from both...
In 2010, prior to signing the Sundarbans
memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Bangladesh and
India, a Sundarbans platform was organized involving experts
from both...
Cyprus's population and economy are
exposed to earthquakes and floods, with earthquakes posing
the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability event.
The model...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114858Date: January 1, 2015
Africa’s population is young and growing
at twice the pace of other continents. A youth bulge
presents a series of development policy opportunities and
challenges. In...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 98899Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Fortune, Francis ;
Ismail,Olawale Muyideen ;
Stephen, Monica
Panama is highly vulnerable to natural
hazards, such as floods, landslides, earthquakes,
windstorms, wildfires, and storm surges, which threaten the
country's infrastructure...
Type: BriefReport#: 94990Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Rahman,Shaela
Every year on average, natural disasters
cause damages worth an estimated US$284 million in the
Pacific Island Countries (PICs). Over any 50 year period,
there is a...
Azerbaijan's population and economy
are exposed to earthquakes and floods, with earthquakes
posing the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability
event. The model...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114704Date: January 1, 2015
Uzbekistan's population and economy
are exposed to earthquakes and floods, with earthquakes
posing the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability
event. The model...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114768Date: January 1, 2015
The adverse impacts of climate change
and extreme weather events are a severe threat to
livelihoods, and hold back growth and sustainable
development. However, despite...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115283Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Tanner, Thomas ;
Surminski, Swenja ;
Wilkinson, Emily ;
Reid,Robert Curle Jesse ;
Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Rajput,Sumati
Latvia's population and economy are
exposed to earthquakes and floods, with earthquakes posing
the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability event.
The model...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114767Date: January 1, 2015
The Czech Republic's population and
economy are exposed to earthquakes and floods, with
earthquakes posing the greater risk of a high impact, lower
probability event....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114859Date: January 1, 2015
For more than a century, nations have
equipped themselves to provide weather, climate and
hydrological information, forecasts and, more recently,
remotely sensed data...
Type: PublicationReport#: 115204Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Anderson, Glen ;
Md Kootval,Haleh Kootval ;
Kull,Daniel Werner ;
Clements, Janet ;
Consulting, Stratus ;
Fleming, Gerald ;
Éireann, Met ;
Frei, Thomas ;
Switzerland, Zurich ;
Lazo,Jeffrey K. ;
Letson, David ;
Mills,Brian Kenneth ;
Perrels, Adriaan ;
Rogers,David ;
Vaughan,Catherine ;
Zillman, John ;
Olsson, Schuyler
The annual report is structured in a way
that captures and disseminates valuable lessons from SPF
activities, and allows for mid- course corrections. It is
organized...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 105326Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Andersson,David ;
Bance,Paul G. A. ;
Bokina,Anna ;
Karaev,Zainiddin ;
Tapa, Krishna ;
Mayr,Matthias ;
Neilson,Marc C. ;
Stefanova,Milena Petrova ;
Watson,Puteri Natalie
Lithuania’s population and economy are
exposed to earthquakes and floods, with earthquakes posing
the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability event.
The model...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114695Date: January 1, 2015
Bulgaria population and economy are
exposed to earthquakes and floods, with earthquakes posing
the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability event.
The model...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114619Date: January 1, 2015
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