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Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction into the Fight Against Poverty

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Publication date
30/07/2008
Number of Pages
94
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Books
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Knowledge Management
Type of Risk:
Natural disasters
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk reduction/mitigation
Commodity:
Other
Author
Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)
Organization
The World Bank

This report addresses the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)’s activities in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in development for 2008. It features how GFDRR increased its strategic partnerships with organizations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America to expand regional, national, and local capacities to respond to disaster risks and adapt to the impacts of climate change, both ex ante and ex post. GFDRR is providing $43.5 million to 54 countries for risk assessment, risk mitigation, risk financing, emergency preparedness, and institutional capacity-building programs to strengthen resilience. Government disaster risk management officials are involved in all 75 GFDRR projects; local UN offices are important partners as well.