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This report provides a global assessment and outlook on wildfire risk in the context of climate change. It discusses … countries’ policies and practices have evolved in recent years in light of observed and projected changes in wildfire risk. The …
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wildfire management in the country is evolving to adapt to growing wildfire risk under climate change. …
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The publication "provides an overview of the disaster risk assessment and financing practices of a broad range of … economies relative to guidance elaborated in G20/OECD Framework for Disaster Risk Assessment and Risk Financing. Based on survey … provides a global overview of the approaches that economies facing various levels of disaster risk and economic development …
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Our world is becoming increasingly interconnected. Global risks such as financial crises, cyber risks, pandemics and climate change all require a coordinated international response. Education can play a role in preventing and mitigating these risks by building resilience and developing the...
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possible or necessarily in the best interest of citizens for all risks to be removed. A risk-based approach to the design and … implementation of regulation can help to ensure that regulatory approaches are efficient, effective and account for risk/risk … tradeoffs across policy objectives. Risk-based approaches to the design of regulation and compliance strategies can improve the …
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Recent global shocks, such as the 2008 financial crisis, have driven policy makers and industry strategists to re-examine how to prepare for and respond to events that can begin locally and propagate around the world with devastating effects on society and the economy. This report considers how...
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catastrophic in their consequences. Therefore, the elaboration of effective risk-management plans, aimed at formulating viable … management of environmental risks - environmental pollution risk and natural catastrophe risk in particular. It discusses the … issue of insurability of such risks, analyses the increasing risk of liability for environmental pollution and the …
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This paper examines the potential role of emerging technologies and innovation in enhancing risk assessment and … encouraging policyholder risk reduction, including: an overview of potential applications of new technologies to risk assessment … and risk reduction; an assessment of potential challenges to technology adoption (including regulatory challenges), and …
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