By providing financial security against droughts, floods, tropical cyclones and other forms of weather extremes, insurance instruments present an opportunity for developing countries in their concurrent efforts to reduce poverty and adapt to climate change. By pricing risk, insurance provides...

This report was commissioned by the Natural Disasters Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue. This report constitutes Phase 2 of this project. While the first phase of the study discusses the components of a national system, the second focuses on instruments for financing reconstruction after a...

The Regional Policy Dialogue has commissioned a two-stage research program focused at understanding national, integrated, government-directed systems. This report constitutes Phase I of this project and it is based on: a review of existing literature, three case studies completed by the authors,...

The Regional Policy Dialogue has commissioned a two-stage research program focused at understanding national, integrated, government-directed systems. This report constitutes Phase I of this project and it is based on: a review of existing literature, three case studies completed by the authors,...

This report was commissioned by the Natural Disasters Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue. This report constitutes Phase 2 of this project. While the first phase of the study discusses the components of a national system, the second focuses on instruments for financing reconstruction after a...

There is growing interest in the potential role that insurance-related instruments can play in the implementation of climate-change adaptation, particularly for the areas most affected and least able to absorb the negative effects of extreme weather events. Sufficient climate adaptation efforts...

Climate change poses a major risk to the global economy. The increasing frequency of severe climatic events, coupled with the unwise nature of economic development, has the potential to create unsustainable levels of damage for the commercial and public financial sectors. The greenhouse gases...

Climate change poses a major risk to the global economy. The increasing frequency of severe climatic events, coupled with the unwise nature of economic development, has the potential to create unsustainable levels of damage for the commercial and public financial sectors. The greenhouse gases...

Climate change poses a major risk to the global economy. The increasing frequency of severe climatic events, coupled with the unwise nature of economic development, has the potential to create unsustainable levels of damage for the commercial and public financial sectors. The greenhouse gases...